I was thinking more in terms of nations. The top few percent of any country can already speak English and have all the resources necessary for learning. The education the rest get is largely determined by the quality of their country's educational system. MOOCs disrupt this pattern.
I personally didn't learn my English in the formal education system of Germany but on the internet.
I think that countries like Korea, China or Japan don't really provide students with much free time to learn English on their own or use MOOCs.
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