Online Learning Update

By Angela Chen, Chronicle of Higher Ed

As more and more courses are offered free to anyone with an Internet connection, some American professors have developed a huge following abroad, particularly in China. Another such scholar is Mi­chael J. San­del, a Harvard University professor whose highly popular po­lit­i­cal-phi­los­o­phy course “Justice” was the first Harvard course to be offered free online. He and Mr. Kagan are among the most rec­og­niz­able Amer­i­can pro­fes­sors in China, says Cici Yue, a grad­u­at­e of Nan­kai University, in Tian­jin, and the Chi­nese Academy of Sciences. The courses are wide­ly ac­ces­si­ble there, es­pe­cial­ly af­ter be­ing sub­ti­tled in Man­da­rin by a group of stu­dent vol­un­teers.

http://chronicle.com/article/Open-Courses-From-America-Find/134660/