
Asian first for Hong Kong students seeking online credits
The Hong Kong University and Science and Technology (HKUST) has become the first university in Asia to offer MOOCs, online open study programmes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are online study courses that let students gain university course credits via distance-learning. HKUST’s first MOOC, taught in English and entitled ‘Science, Technology and Society in China’ began on April 4, and drew some 17,000 students from around the world.