China offers global students free online courses amid COVID-19 epidemic

China launched an international online(线上 xiàn shàn) teaching(教学 jiàoxué) service Tuesday, offering 193 online college courses(课程g kèchéng) for global students for free amid the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) epidemic.

Entitled iCourse, the online teaching service was established under the guidance of China's Ministry of Education.

Screenshot of the iCourse's homepage [Photo: China Plus]

A total of 60 high-quality Chinese universities and colleges have uploaded their courses in fields(领域 lǐngyù) including medicine(医学 yīxué) and epidemic(传染病 chuánrǎn bìng) containment(防控 fá

ngkòng), economics(经济 jīngjì), natural science(自然科学 zìrán kēxué), art(艺术 yìshù), engineering(工程 gōngchéng) and agriculture(农业 nóngyè) to iCourse.

The service will update more courses of different themes according to the feedback of overseas users.

和学生、学习相关的词汇 Words relevant to study and student:

[xuéfèi]学费 tuition (fee)

[xuéfēn]学分(course) credit

[xuéjí]学籍 status of a student

[xuékē]学科 subject

[xuélì]学历 academic background

[xuénián]学年 school year

[xuéqī]学期 semester

[xuéshēnghuì]学生会 student union

[xuéèi]学位(academic) degree