Taiwan, mainland universities to set up MOOC  

台湾新竹交大欲与大陆交大合办华文在线教育平台

台湾新竹交通大学高等教育开放资源研究中心主任李威仪26日在两岸四地工程教育圆桌会议上透露，新竹交通大学有意与上海交大、西安交大、西南交大、北京交大共同开发一个面向全球华人的开放式在线课程平台。

Guiyang (CNS) -- Taiwan's Chiao Tung University in Hsinchu is expected to join hands with four mainland Jiaotong universities to set up a massive open online course (MOOC) platform.

The MOOC would provide large-scale interactive participation and open access via the web for students all over the world.

In addition to traditional course materials such as video, readings and problem sets, MOOCs provide interactive user forums that help build community for students and professors.

Increasing demand by learners in Taiwan and the mainland has provided opportunities for the establishment of the platform, according to an official at the National Chiao Tung University on Sunday.

The four mainland universities involved are Shanghai Jiaotong University, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Southwest Jiaotong University, and Beijing Jiaotong University.

The five universities will co-invest in the establishment of an education company which can provide online curriculum resources to Chinese around the world for free.