A new trend for free online teaching is set to explode in China, as the world's most populous country has both a strong tradition of respect for education but uneven education resources. "Massive online open courses" (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 labelled a "tsunami" of education by the president of California's Stanford University, educators in China have credited it as the most important invention for their field since the Internet. Reports Xinhuanet on 3 April 2013.