Type of site | Online Education |
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Available in | |
URL | xuetangx |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Required |
Users | 58.8 million [1] (As of April 2020 [update] ) |
Launched | October 10, 2013 |
Current status | Active |
XuetangX is a massive open online course (MOOC) platform. It offers online courses in multiple disciplines and also certificate and degree programs. Launched on October 10, 2013, as the first [2] Chinese MOOC platform, XuetangX was initiated by Tsinghua University and MOE Research Center for Online Education. [3]
As of the end of 2022, XuetangX has offered nearly 6,000 high-quality courses from universities such as Tsinghua University, Peking University, Fudan University, University of Science and Technology of China, and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, covering 13 disciplines.
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