Saudi Arabian MOOC initiative aims to bridge gender divide

Writing in Aljazeera America Online, Hannah Gais describes how a large scale MOOC portal resulting from a collaboration between edX and Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Labor for Arab audiences aims to minimize the gap between educational and employment levels in the kingdom and across the Arab world. She goes on to describe changes taking place in continuing and higher education in Saudi Arabia and the impact they are having on the role of women in the kingdom. Read the full article.

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