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ere is the Google translation which I edited slightly of the section about P2PU. Peer2Peer University Virtual University is currently the most popular and most sought-after project in open education. If students want to study virtual university courses, they can set up a site proposed courses, and arrange for study time, in-line to meet each other counseling. Each class on both a volunteer counselor, responsible for learning and orderly proceed. In the Hewlett Foundation to provide seed capital of 70 thousand U.S. dollars in support, Peer2Peer launched the first batch of a total of 10 pilot courses, course content from behavioral economics to information visualization. These elements have a considerable number of online viewers, students are all self-study fans.

Brownstone, Redbrick, Ivy League are a few of the names sometimes associated with different types of universities. But increasingly there is a new kid on the block with a new title: the peer-to-peer internet university. Peer-to-peer is a form of higher education that is exploiting the benefits of the internet to bring students to university who might otherwise miss out. Click talks to Peer 2 Peer University co-founder and director Philipp Schmidt.

Another writeup in German, although it states that the courses will have 100-150 students, whereas we are targetting 8-14.

Brunswick student newspaper covers P2PU (thanks OCWnews)