Venture Lab, another Stanford-backed Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) platform, re-brands and re-launches as NovoEd with venture backers.

Stanford University has launched NovoEd, a re-branding of its Venture Lab MOOC Platform, with an undisclosed sum raised from a consortium of venture firms backing the deal.

NovoEd raised the initial seed backing from Costanoa Ventures, Foundation Capital, Kapor Capital, Learn Capital, Maveron, Ulu Ventures, and additional angel investors.

Beginning next week, the platform will offer seven Stanford courses for free to the general public, with a further 10 courses for Stanford students only. The courses will offer courses on…