By Sean Coughlan, BBC News
A major US online university network says restrictions are to be partially lifted on providing online courses for students in Iran. Online university courses have been caught up in US trade sanctions against Iran, Cuba and Sudan, so that students in those countries were blocked from many free courses from US universities. Coursera says it has been “working closely with governing authorities to navigate licences and permissions” and, as a result, “Iranian learners will now regain access to the majority of Coursera’s courses”. The California-based Coursera has almost eight million registered students, making it one of the world’s biggest providers of so-called Moocs – massive open online courses.
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