The ‘MOOC Movement’: Time to sign up

Battushig, a lad of just 15 years, recently became somewhat renowned for achieving a perfect score in a challenging course in advanced electronics offered by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, more commonly known as MIT. 
What made Battushig’s story remarkable – aside from his score – is that he took the course without having to leave his village in Mongolia, one of the most sparsely populated, and traditionally nomadic, countries in the world. 
Battushig, like millions of others, is receiving his education online, taking advantage of new phenomenon called “MOOCs” – Massive Open Online Courses – a movement that is turning the traditional model of university education upside down. For doubters, note the fact that MOOCs are growing faster than Facebook. More...