BY MIZUHO AOKI, Japan Times
The latest trend in online education is taking the academic world by storm. The impact has been huge, drawing tens of thousands of students from all over the world. The explosion is having an impact on Japanese universities as well. Starting this fall, the University of Tokyo began providing two courses in English via Coursera, a for-profit U.S. MOOC provider. In April, Kyoto University will kick off its first course via edX, a non-profit MOOC platform developed by Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Next spring, 13 Japanese universities plan to provide courses via the first MOOC platform to be based in Japan.
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