diff --git a/course/lib.php b/course/lib.php
index 1ba8ff98853c7..9ceefb57fe013 100644
--- a/course/lib.php
+++ b/course/lib.php
@@ -2046,40 +2046,43 @@ function move_courses($courseids, $categoryid) {
     $newparent = context_coursecat::instance($category->id);
     $i = 1;
 
-    foreach ($courseids as $courseid) {
-        if ($dbcourse = $DB->get_record('course', array('id' => $courseid))) {
-            $course = new stdClass();
-            $course->id = $courseid;
-            $course->category  = $category->id;
-            $course->sortorder = $category->sortorder + MAX_COURSES_IN_CATEGORY - $i++;
-            if ($category->visible == 0) {
-                // Hide the course when moving into hidden category, do not update the visibleold flag - we want to get
-                // to previous state if somebody unhides the category.
-                $course->visible = 0;
-            }
-
-            $DB->update_record('course', $course);
-
-            // Store the context.
-            $context = context_course::instance($course->id);
-
-            // Update the course object we are passing to the event.
-            $dbcourse->category = $course->category;
-            $dbcourse->sortorder = $course->sortorder;
+    list($where, $params) = $DB->get_in_or_equal($courseids);
+    $dbcourses = $DB->get_records_select('course', 'id ' . $where, $params);
+    foreach ($dbcourses as $dbcourse) {
+        $course = new stdClass();
+        $course->id = $dbcourse->id;
+        $course->category  = $category->id;
+        $course->sortorder = $category->sortorder + MAX_COURSES_IN_CATEGORY - $i++;
+        if ($category->visible == 0) {
+            // Hide the course when moving into hidden category, do not update the visibleold flag - we want to get
+            // to previous state if somebody unhides the category.
+            $course->visible = 0;
+        }
+
+        $DB->update_record('course', $course);
+
+        // Store the context.
+        $context = context_course::instance($course->id);
+
+        // Update the course object we are passing to the event.
+        $dbcourse->category = $course->category;
+        $dbcourse->sortorder = $course->sortorder;
+        if (isset($course->visible)) {
+            $dbcourse->visible = $course->visible;
+        }
+
+        // Trigger a course updated event.
+        $event = \core\event\course_updated::create(array(
+            'objectid' => $course->id,
+            'context' => $context,
+            'other' => array('shortname' => $dbcourse->shortname,
+                             'fullname' => $dbcourse->fullname)
+        ));
+        $event->add_record_snapshot('course', $dbcourse);
+        $event->set_legacy_logdata(array($course->id, 'course', 'move', 'edit.php?id=' . $course->id, $course->id));
+        $event->trigger();
 
-            // Trigger a course updated event.
-            $event = \core\event\course_updated::create(array(
-                'objectid' => $course->id,
-                'context' => $context,
-                'other' => array('shortname' => $dbcourse->shortname,
-                                 'fullname' => $dbcourse->fullname)
-            ));
-            $event->add_record_snapshot('course', $dbcourse);
-            $event->set_legacy_logdata(array($course->id, 'course', 'move', 'edit.php?id=' . $course->id, $course->id));
-            $event->trigger();
-
-            $context->update_moved($newparent);
-        }
+        $context->update_moved($newparent);
     }
     fix_course_sortorder();
     cache_helper::purge_by_event('changesincourse');
diff --git a/course/tests/courselib_test.php b/course/tests/courselib_test.php
index ce02969780430..dc68f3401fcc1 100644
--- a/course/tests/courselib_test.php
+++ b/course/tests/courselib_test.php
@@ -1429,6 +1429,9 @@ public function test_course_updated_event() {
         // Create a category we are going to move this course to.
         $category = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_category();
 
+        // Create a hidden category we are going to move this course to.
+        $categoryhidden = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_category(array('visible' => 0));
+
         // Catch the update events.
         $sink = $this->redirectEvents();
 
@@ -1447,11 +1450,18 @@ public function test_course_updated_event() {
         // Return the moved course information from the DB.
         $movedcourse = $DB->get_record('course', array('id' => $course->id), '*', MUST_EXIST);
 
+        // Now move the course to the hidden category, this will also trigger an event.
+        move_courses(array($course->id), $categoryhidden->id);
+
+        // Return the moved course information from the DB.
+        $movedcoursehidden = $DB->get_record('course', array('id' => $course->id), '*', MUST_EXIST);
+
         // Now we want to set the sortorder back to what it was before fix_course_sortorder() was called. The reason for
         // this is because update_course() and move_courses() call fix_course_sortorder() which alters the sort order in
         // the DB, but it does not set the value of the sortorder for the course object passed to the event.
         $updatedcourse->sortorder = $sortorder;
         $movedcourse->sortorder = $category->sortorder + MAX_COURSES_IN_CATEGORY - 1;
+        $movedcoursehidden->sortorder = $categoryhidden->sortorder + MAX_COURSES_IN_CATEGORY - 1;
 
         // Capture the events.
         $events = $sink->get_events();
@@ -1479,6 +1489,17 @@ public function test_course_updated_event() {
         $this->assertEventLegacyData($movedcourse, $event);
         $expectedlog = array($movedcourse->id, 'course', 'move', 'edit.php?id=' . $movedcourse->id, $movedcourse->id);
         $this->assertEventLegacyLogData($expectedlog, $event);
+
+        $event = $events[2];
+        $this->assertInstanceOf('\core\event\course_updated', $event);
+        $this->assertEquals('course', $event->objecttable);
+        $this->assertEquals($movedcoursehidden->id, $event->objectid);
+        $this->assertEquals(context_course::instance($movedcoursehidden->id)->id, $event->contextid);
+        $this->assertEquals($movedcoursehidden, $event->get_record_snapshot('course', $movedcoursehidden->id));
+        $this->assertEquals('course_updated', $event->get_legacy_eventname());
+        $this->assertEventLegacyData($movedcoursehidden, $event);
+        $expectedlog = array($movedcoursehidden->id, 'course', 'move', 'edit.php?id=' . $movedcoursehidden->id, $movedcoursehidden->id);
+        $this->assertEventLegacyLogData($expectedlog, $event);
     }
 
     /**