I am not even remotely qualified to compare MIT's OpenCourseWare with China's Top Level Courses Project, so this in-depth analysis is welcome indeed. The objectives of the two projects are very different; while there is no selection process for OpenCourseWare, "the Top Level Courses Project grows out of a long tradition of course evaluations and competitions to select excellent units, which would receive extra funding and act as examples for others." The focus is on transformative production, with the process of publishing online intended to support both improvements in the learning material and also skills development in the professors. Both projects promote sharing, but while OCW courses might not be suitable for distance learning 'out of the box', the Chinese courses are a much more complete package (and in this way, I guess, are more similar to the Open University's course offerings). See also: The Future of Chinese Top Level Courses.
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