U.S. Sanctions Hit Online Education Hard

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FUR3jr
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Posted on: February 6, 2014 - 10:55pm

 

If you live in Cuba, Iran or Sudan, and are using the increasingly popular online education tool Coursera, you are likely encounter some access difficulties from this week onwards. Coursera has been included in the US export sanctions regime.

The changes have only come about now, as Coursera believed they and other MOOCs - Massive Open Online Courses - didn't fall under American export bans to the countries. However, as the company explained in a statement on their official blog: "We recently received information that has led to the understanding that the services offered on Coursera are not in compliance with the law as it stands."

http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2014/01/coursera/

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mnuelreyes
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Posted on: July 21, 2014 - 3:03am #1

There are number of free online sites on which sprinter rely on. However, its even true that these kind of problems can even occure unknowingly. Thus, preparing yourself at any reputed learning center or hiring any totoring services is far way better then going online. Atleast, it keeps you away from such undiserable or technical problems that spoils your preperation.

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