Coursera picks up steam in China as more students take MOOCs on mobile

By Paul Bischoff. It’s just been just over half a year since massive-open-online-course (MOOC) portal Coursera partnered with China’s online media giant Netease to create a fully localized version of its service, Coursera Zone. Today, China downloads the Coursera Android app more than any other country, and it’s the number two country in terms of iOS download apps. China is Coursera’s fastest growing market after the United States, according to founder Andrew Ng. Ng gave a keynote at the Global Mobile Internet Conference talking about Coursera’s progress. Read more...