Free online teaching is set to explode as a trend in China, as the world's most populous country has a strong tradition of respect for education but uneven resources. "Massive online open courses" or MOOC, designed for large-scale interaction and open access at no cost, have become a rising power in China's education landscape. While MOOC has been labeled a "tsunami" of education by the president of Stanford University, educators in China have called it the most important invention in their field since the Internet. Reports People.com.cn on 8 April 2013