GW is gearing up for an announcement Friday that’s a bit mysterious.

Officially, it will be the “formal announcement of the first online course to be produced on the Federal Reserve and the nation’s banking system,” according to the GW Law School website.

But administrators have said they’re working on launching a set of massive open online courses that would tie in some of GW’s academic strengths, of which economic policymaking would certainly be one.

Angela Olson, a University spokeswoman, declined to give more details about the online course, like whether it is a MOOC or one of GW’s hundreds of other tuition-dependent online courses.

We’ll find out Friday at a day-long conference honoring a century of the nation’s banking system where University leaders, faculty and Federal Reserve experts will discuss its role in history.

MOOCs came onto the higher education scene nearly two years ago, as GW initially resisted jumping on the bandwagon. Vice Provost for Online Education and Academic Innovation Paul Schiff Berman, however, has been setting the course for the University’s online education strategy this year.

GW has offered courses surrounding the Federal Reserve in recent years, like in 2012 when chairman Ben Bernanke lectured four classes about its role in today’s economy. That course was also streamed online.