Foundation of fantasy culture and arts
Opensource Opencourseware Prototype System [corporate]
| Published | 2010 |
| Periodical | Volume 2011 |
| Publisher | Opensource Opencourseware Prototype System |
ABSTRACT
Foundation of Fantasy Culture and Arts, established in 2001 as a non-profit organization by Lucifer Hsueh-Heng CHU, aims to encourage innovation and open knowledge. He donate most of his royalties get from the Chinese translation of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy into Fantasy Foundation. (He also translated several Star Wars novels into Chinese.)OOPS is a newly formed unit in 2004, which have over 2000 volunteers worldwide.
We receive William and Flora Hewlett Foundation grant from 2007 to 2008, we’re also MIT OCW’s official translation affiliate.
Opensource Opencourseware Prototype System (OOPS) supports a volunteer effort in widening access to world-class knowledge for the Chinese-speaking population around the globe. The mission of OOPS is threefold:
> To break down language barriers through adding translation and captioning.
> To disseminate OER concept and stimulate use through speech, media coverage, and community building.
> To encourage original Chinese contributions of OER through partnership and consultation.
| Language | eng |
| Other number | 2011-11-03 |
| Refereed | Does not apply |
| Rights | by/3.0 |
| URL | http://www2.myoops.org/en/ |
| Access date | 2011-11-03 |
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