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The Development of MOOCs in China

 This book aims at discussing the development of MOOCs in China in relation to MOOCs in other countries or areas. Based on the history of MOOCs, we discuss about the importance of MOOCs in China, driven by the development of Internet and educational innovation, and its role in the reform of higher education system, educational service system, and the model of teaching and learning in China.  With empirical evidence from a comprehensive investigation about MOOCs in Asian, United States, and Europe, we summarize and compare the development of MOOCs in China and other countries and then provide suggestions about how to improve MOOCs at the national, institutional, and individual level.

 

In this book, we analyze and present the current construction and development of MOOCs in China from four dimensions including platforms, courses, learners, colleges and universities based on huge empirical evidence from a comprehensive investigation of 14 platforms, 42 universities, 1388 MOOCs, and 22895 learners. Our investigation mainly focused on seven topics: platform construction and operation, learner groups, curriculum organization form, teaching interaction, learning evaluation model, learning support service, and courses certification and academic score system,

 

Based on the investigation, we found although many MOOCs are offered and arranged by universities independently, there is an emerging trend of collaboration among government, universities and enterprise in the development of MOOCs in China, which provides great opportunities to build an innovative educational service system for all kinds of learners. We also discuss our findings in relation to the corresponding development of MOOCs in United States, Europe and other regions and then focus on the unique challenges that China faces, such as the lack of deep learning in MOOCs, the low information literacy and self-regulated learning abilities of MOOC learners, the lack of individualized support for MOOC learners, and so on. At last, this book summarizes the overall development of MOOCs in China and other countries and then put forward the future trends and suggestions in this field.

 

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Tel:010-5880-0558
Address:No. 19, main street, Beijing Normal University Science and technology building, C District, 1005
Copyright © 2015 The Research Center of Distance Education