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By Liao Fangzhou. They are called MOOC (massive online open courses) and they are the latest form of interactive online education. These courses offer free access to some of the world's most exclusive and elite universities and now they are being embraced by Shanghai students, young and old, in a variety of courses.
Distance education is not new - in 1728 a Boston shorthand teacher offered mail order lessons. But radio and television changed the method of communication and approach. By the end of the 1930s when radio had become widespread, many US colleges and universities began broadcasting educational programs for public schools. In 1969, the Open University was founded in the UK, offering course-related radio and television lectures through the BBC. More...

Germany has one of the lowest youth unemployment rates in Europe but the standard of its education system is full of contradictions.
Its apprenticeship scheme is praised around the world, but its universities struggle to compete internationally and a sixth of adults have the reading age of a ten-year-old.
German schools divide pupils at an early age. When they are aged ten or 11 children are put into one of three tiers of school.
The brightest head to the Gymnasium, the average to the Realschule, while those who fail to pass exams go to the Hauptschule.

By Yarden Skop. Only in Britain is it more expensive, and loan programs tend to be more available in Europe, according to the Knesset research center. Tuition at Israeli universities is higher than in all European countries except Britain, according to a new report by the Knesset Research and Information Center. More...

Foreign higher education institutions have difficulty entering the Swedish market to establish branch campuses. This should get policy-makers to rethink and concentrate on simplifying the regulatory framework involved, pursuing active marketing, and implementing coordinated efforts for this. Thus argue, Tobias Krantz, Head of Education, Research and Innovation at the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, and Maria Rankka CEO of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce.
World class higher education and research are critical to a Sweden that must remain an attractive country for entrepreneurship, investment, jobs, and welfare – now and in coming years. Demands in the global economy continually sharpen. Opening Swedish higher education to new influences, to change, and to allow new participants in the market is essential for the country to improve quality and strengthen competitiveness. More...

Une plateforme nationale de MOOC qui fait de plus en plus d'adeptes ! FUN - pour "France Université Numérique" - vient en effet de recevoir quatre nouveaux cours en ligne, tous proposés par le Conservatoire national des arts et métiers (Cnam).
Il a un nom décalé, mais un objectif bien concret : FUN, pour France Université Numérique, présenté le 2 octobre par Geneviève Fioraso, se veut être une plateforme nationale et unique de MOOC francophones. Et ce sont quatre cours en ligne gratuits et massifs qui seront proposés par le Cnam. Suite...