A major development in distance education, a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is a short, online course that is offered free of charge to the entire web population. Many MOOC providers offer courses in a wide range of disciplines in partnership with highly-respected universities and colleges. Australian institutions that offer MOOCs include University of Queensland, University of Canberra, University of New South Wales among many others.
MOOCs allows university-level education to be accessible to everyone. Most courses are self-paced, which means that you can study around your work schedule and family commitments. You will have access to all the tutorials, video lectures, and other study materials that you might expect from a module of a university degree. On completion of some MOOCs, you may be eligible to apply for college credit.
- OpenLearning: Offers courses in partnership with University of New South Wales, University of Canberra, Taylor's University
- edX: Offers courses in partnership with Australian National University, University of Queensland
- Open2Study: An initiative of Open Universities Australia which provides online education through the collaboration of several Australian universities
- MOOEC: Offers courses in partnership with University of Queensland, Griffith University, University of Technology Sydney
SEEK Learning in Sydney, Australia, are experts at connecting people with career-related courses. Whether you're looking to brush up your skills, land a promotion or even start a new career, we can help you find the training you need. SEEK Learning offers the best selection of distance education and classroom-based courses to help you advance your career. Our dedicated consultants will help you find the right course and get ahead.
Choose from nearly 200 distance education courses and take advantage of the ease and convenience of study designed to suit your lifestyle.
University degrees
Graduate certificates/diplomas
TAFE certificates/diplomas
IT certification training
TESOL certificates/ diplomas
Psychology & counselling courses
Design courses
Project management training
Short courses and more
Based in Molendinar in Queensland, Lifestyle Learning Direct began life in Australia as The Writing School, which had originally begun in the UK and branched out into Australia, New Zealand and Singapore in 1984. Since this time, the reputation of our school has grown, due both to our large numbers of satisfied (and successful) students, plus our commitment to providing further specialist writing courses to satisfy student demand.
Within the last decade, the owners of the school, utilising their experience in the field of distance learning, decided to offer a wider variety of courses. Today we offer a variety of Distance Learning programmes including editing and proof reading, interior design, fashion design, beauty therapy and garden design to improve your education. We are a fully accredited college.
We offer a variety of one Year Distance Learning programmes including Business and Office practises; Information Technology; Photography; Psychology; Hospitality and Tourism; Medical and Science; Animal Health and Agriculture; Editing and Proof Reading; Interior Design; Fashion Design; Beauty Therapy; and Garden Design to improve your education.
Based in Tweed Heads in NSW, Careerline Courses is a leading international provider of quality vocational online / distance learning courses. We offer over 300 individual online / distance learning vocational training courses to both Australian and international students. Whether you want to learn about horticulture, animals, psychology, health science, marketing, business and more, we have the course for you.
With the flexibilty to fit your studies around family, work or just having a life, there is no better option for your studies. Careerline Courses is committed to providing quality online education. Our highly qualified and experienced tutors around the world provide unlimited support to our students to ensure they get all the benefits out of our courses.
With ongoing tutor support and easy access to course materials, we provide our students with the best of home study options. Our staff bring together many years of experience in both their field and in education.
With Careerline Courses, there are no start dates, you may start at any time, as our courses are all self paced. We do encourage our students to submit assignments on a regular basis.
ACS Distance Education offers over 350 courses in a wide range of displines. All courses are run by correspondence, with many also offered online and by CD (with or without tuition). Established in 1979, ACS has educated thousands of full and part-time students, many of whom have gone onto successful employment, in industry or in their own businesses. Others have used their courses to develop a hobby, or simply broaden their general education.
We currently have over 3000 students enrolled from Australia and around the world. The school employs staff in 3 states of Australia, plus the UK, USA and New Zealand. ACS is recognised through the International Accreditation and Recognition Council (IARC). All certificates, advanced certificates, associate diplomas, diplomas & advanced diplomas are accredited through IARC, an international education recognition system with participating colleges and universities spread across four continents.
Hobby and vocational courses, including short courses (100 hrs), Certificate & Diploma Courses in psychology and counselling, environment, horticulture, agriculture, animals, science, nutrition, fitness and health, writing, editing and publishing, computers, business and management, tourism and hospitality, natural history and more.
TAFE Open Learning (TOL) - Study anywhere, anytime! TOL is an accredited public provider of training courses using distance and online delivery. It offers flexible, off-campus, distance and/or online learning.
We understand you are busy and lifestyles today can be hectic so our off-campus, distance and online training is designed to suit your active schedule. You decide the pace of study that suits your needs.
Our Certificate and Diploma programs offered through TOL are recognised and accredited qualifications that provide practical, up-to-date training directly relating to the workplace.
TOL takes enrolments 51 weeks of the year so you can get started as soon as you are ready. We are not limited by semester intakes due to our self-paced learning approach.
TOL programs are delivered through a variety of options including printed learning materials, CDs and online. Our experienced teachers and tutors are available to guide you through learning materials at your own pace.
Due to flexible, off-campus, distance and/or online programs, anyone in Australia or around the world can study through TOL. See how you can access training anywhere, anytime with TAFE Open Learning!
Business and Finance
Community and Human Services
Construction, Engineering, Transport & Logistics
Creative Services
Education and Training
Literacy, English Language & Tertiary Preparation for Adults
Science, Animal Science & Environment
Retail and Tourism
Short courses:
Animal Care
Business & Management
Community & Aged Care
Compliance
Design
Financial Services
Horticulture
IT & Computing Applications
Language
Life
Management
Mathematics
Professional Development
Property
Retail
Small Business
Writing
University of Southern Queensland Distance Education Centre (DEC) is the first distance education facility in the world to receive international quality accreditation to ISO9001standard. USQ is also accredited with the Distance Education Training Council (DETC), an American public service organisation dedicated to identifying quality distance learning institutions. More than 300 undergraduate and postgraduate award programs of study (eg degree, diploma, certificate) are currently offered by USQ.
The University of Southern Queensland (USQ) has forged a reputation as one of Australia's leading providers of on-campus and distance education programs in Australia. With more than 75 per cent of students studying via distance or online, USQ is at the cutting edge of flexible delivery of resources and technology.
In areas of Arts, Music Teaching, International Studies, Journalism, Business Studies, Commerce, Finance & Economics, Business Administration, Information Management, Tourism, IT, Safety, Health & Environment, Education, Early Childhood, Engineering, Science, Nursing, Computing, Mathematics, Applied Linguistics, TESOL...
The Open Training and Education Network (OTEN) in Sydney is the specialist distance education and open learning institute of TAFE NSW, part of the NSW Department of Education and Training. As part of TAFE NSW - Western Sydney Institute, OTEN is the largest provider of distance education and flexibly-delivered programs in Australia. It offers world-class distance education services and products and enrols more than 37,000 students in over 250 TAFE NSW courses. Most courses give graduates nationally recognised qualifications through the AQF (Australian Qualifications Framework). Other specific-purpose courses are recognised by all of TAFE NSW.
Agriculture, Horticulture & the Environment; Building & Construction; Business & Office Skills; Communication; Community Services; Computing & Information Technology; Engineering; English Language; Management & Human Resources; Property, Real Estate & Valuation; Workplace Training & Assessing
At Study Now, we’re all about making things easier. Study Now provides a searchable database of courses that can be studied in Australia or from around the world. We believe that there is a better way for potential students to find education and training. It’s simple really: there are plenty of intuitions that offer fantastic courses in fantastic settings, but sadly, many students are not aware of them. Our job at StudyNow is to bring these two groups together while levelling the playing field between government and private institutions.
We give students the chance to research and browse courses from a range of institutions in a range of locations and settings previously unknown to the candidate.
For institutions, Study Now offers incredibly detailed profiles of candidates. This helps to make sure that institutions get exactly the right student. So like we said, it’s simple really: Study Now are here for institutions and students to get together and work out the details.
Health Academy, based in Brisbane, Australia offers affordable online certificate and diploma courses in Nutrition, Natural Health, Psychology, Medical Terminology, Health and Fitness and Biological Sciences. We are recognised and accredited by IARC and have articulations with various recognised organisations. Courses can be started anytime during the year.
Health Academy Australia has been started with the aim of providing Health Courses Online for busy people who cannot afford to attend an institute to upgrade their skills or learn for a new career. Our aim is make the course most affordable but at the same time not compromise on the quality of our courses.
1000's of students have undergone our courses successfully and many are successfully employed. All our tutors are highly qualified and experienced in their fields.
We wish you all the best whether you are contemplating on further education for your career progression or self enhancement.