Actually, edX did something like this a while ago too.
edX is, however, working on opening its doors to anyone who wants to learn:
> Tena Herlihy, edX’s general counsel, said the company has since last May worked with the U.S. State Department and the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, and has so far applied for and received company-specific licenses for its MOOCs to enroll students in Cuba and Iran (a third license, for Sudan, is still in the works).
edX is, however, working on opening its doors to anyone who wants to learn:
> Tena Herlihy, edX’s general counsel, said the company has since last May worked with the U.S. State Department and the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control, and has so far applied for and received company-specific licenses for its MOOCs to enroll students in Cuba and Iran (a third license, for Sudan, is still in the works).
source: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/01/28/state-dept-blo...