Are you looking for some context for your international fundraising efforts? Here are five upcoming, online classes that cover intercultural communication, global business trends, recent world history, and more. You either can take the courses for credit or just audit them by watching the video lectures on your next long-distance flight.

 

The Emergence of the Modern Middle East, from Tel Aviv University (Coursera, starts 18 March  2014)

Economy and Business in China and India, from MIT OpenCourseware. This one is a few years old but still provides interesting background material.

Understanding Russians: Contexts of Intercultural Communication
 (see video above), from the Higher School of Economics in Moscow (Coursera, starts in April 2014)

Engaging India, from Australian National University, via EdX (starts April 15, 2014)

Introduction to Global Sociology, from Wellesley College, via EdX (starts September 1, 2014)