A follow up on the discussion of the influence of MOOCs in today's session. This is a research on online algebra courses. It examines 6 providers of online algebra courses and finds room for improvement. It suggests there is truly a lot to be improved about online courses. Online courses are designed to offer much more than they are offering now.

Omosa is a virtual learning environment which helps students to learn ecology and biology. It aims at the current condition that students are having fewer opportunities to go on real field trips and work with real animals. It's cool in helping students learn the biological circle of animals and the environment.