Minecraft Education Edition offers a whole host of learning opportunities. There are current events, chemistry and so many other fields for players to get into.

To help lower the barrier to entry in learning how to code, Microsoft has teamed up with Code.org to offer kid friendly coding tutorials using the medium of the popular block-building game, Minecraft.

A team of computer scientists has developed a software package that allows users to learn how to program while playing the popular video game.

The latest new feature in Minecraft: Education Edition makes it possible for students to learn how to code while playing the game.

Minecraft: Education Edition can now teach kids how to code with the new Code Builder tool and the 'Agent', an in-game robot. Mojang will add Command Blocks in Education Edition later this year.

Microsoft and Code.org have partnered to release a new Hour of Code installment based around the popular Minecraft game. In this installment of Hour of Code, you learn how to control either Steve ...