China has always been at the forefront of distance education. For years it had been imparting agricultural lessons to rural people, but now the focus has changed to upgrading the skill sets of the urban middle class. Investment in education has topped a billion US dollars in China for the year 2014. Due to the great demand for US education, MOOCs is doing particularly well in China. Some concerns though exist such as low internet penetration which may render distance education and Executive MBA unintentionally as elite level courses.