Peking and Tsinghua universities to offer free courses online

By Raymond Li. Peking and Tsinghua universities will offer six courses over the internet through the US-based EdX provider starting next week. Two of the mainland's most prestigious institutions of higher learning, Peking and Tsinghua universities, will start offering free online courses in partnership with EdX, a major open-course provider.
Peking University announced earlier this week it would make four courses, including electronic circuits and the study of folklore, available to students around the world through the EdX web platform starting on Monday. Tsinghua University will make available two courses - the history of Chinese architecture and principles of electric circuits, starting on October 18, according to an EdX schedule. More...