M&S has launched an online education course on business innovation in conjunction with Leeds University.

The course is a ‘massive open online course’ or MOOC, a self-study online course more commonly associated with universities. The M&S course uses the Open University’s FutureLearn platform.

MOOC courses do not charge but also do not usually lead to any formal educational qualifications.

Neil Morris, director of digital learning at the University of Leeds, said: “The course aims to stimulate and encourage further growth in innovative and entrepreneurialism in the business sector."