Penn State offers its first MOOC in Chinese

Penn State is aiming to broaden its reach even more with Massive Open Online Courses.

For the first time, it will offer one of its most popular courses - "Creativity, Innovation and Change" — in Chinese.

All the course materials will be available in Chinese as well as English, the university announced.

More than 130,000 from 195 countries registered last fall for the English version of the course which explores the science behind creativity. University officials expect that number to rise with the new language option.

The six-week free course, taught by engineering faculty, opens on Monday.

"Each lesson, video and communication with students has been translated so that Chinese speakers can take this course and will not have to rely on English," Jack Matson, one of the co-instructors and emeritus professor of environmental engineering, said in a prepared statement. "This addition will bring another international perspective to a course in which students interact in discussion forums and on assignments."

To register, go to https://www.coursera.org/course/cic