The Development of MOOCs in China

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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 summarize and compare the development of MOOCs in China and other countries with empirical evidence from a comprehensive investigation about MOOCs in Asian, United States, and Europe. Then we discuss about the importance of MOOCs in China and its role in the reform of higher education system, and the model of teaching and learning in China. After all, we provide suggestions about how to improve MOOCs at the national, institutional, and individual level. In this book, we analyse 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 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. Front Matter ....Pages i-xvi The International Comparison and Trend Analysis of the Development of MOOCs in Higher Education (Qinhua Zheng, Li Chen, Daniel Burgos)....Pages 1-9 Emergence and Development of MOOCs (Qinhua Zheng, Li Chen, Daniel Burgos)....Pages 11-24 Innovative and Revolutionary Potential of MOOCs (Qinhua Zheng, Li Chen, Daniel Burgos)....Pages 25-35 Overview of Research on Chinese MOOCs (Qinhua Zheng, Li Chen, Daniel Burgos)....Pages 37-42 Construction of MOOC Platforms in China (Qinhua Zheng, Li Chen, Daniel Burgos)....Pages 43-83 Learner Analysis of Chinese MOOCs (Qinhua Zheng, Li Chen, Daniel Burgos)....Pages 85-118 Basic Information of MOOCs in China (Qinhua Zheng, Li Chen, Daniel Burgos)....Pages 119-147 Design Model for MOOCs in China (Qinhua Zheng, Li Chen, Daniel Burgos)....Pages 149-165 Instructional Interaction of MOOCs in China (Qinhua Zheng, Li Chen, Daniel Burgos)....Pages 167-205 Evaluation Models of MOOCs in China (Qinhua Zheng, Li Chen, Daniel Burgos)....Pages 207-227 Learning Support of MOOCs in China (Qinhua Zheng, Li Chen, Daniel Burgos)....Pages 229-244 Introduction, Construction, Usage, and Management of MOOCs in China (Qinhua Zheng, Li Chen, Daniel Burgos)....Pages 245-259 Certificate Authentication and Credit System of MOOCs in China (Qinhua Zheng, Li Chen, Daniel Burgos)....Pages 261-276 Conclusions of Construction and Development of MOOCs in China (Qinhua Zheng, Li Chen, Daniel Burgos)....Pages 277-288