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It’s a bit like Netflix for mountain lovers.

Starting this fall, the University of Alberta’s Canadian Mountain Studies Initiative will offer Mountains 101 as an online course.

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“They’re free for anyone to take anywhere in the world, as long as you have an internet connection,” said Zac Robinson, an assistant professor at the University of Alberta and one of the three content producers for the course.

It will be a general introduction to the mountain world and include up to 30 researchers exploring everything from glaciology and ecology to mountain culture and literature.

Mountains 101 is the third in a series of massive open online courses — also known as MOOCs — being offered by the U of A.

“They’re very different beasts,” said Robinson. “It’s all high-end, documentary style, scripted and filmed with a narrator in front of green screens and a bunch of on-site shooting.

“Every three or four minutes, there’s some sort of interactive activity built in.”