Research on the Development of College English Education in China under the Background of MOOC

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10.2991/essaeme-17.2017.411How to use a DOI?

Keywords

MOOC, English education, Chinese colleges, opportunities, challenges, coping strategies

Abstract

With the influence of elite universities and famous greats, MOOC brings unprecedented impact and challenge into traditional higher education mode by providing free online courses and personalized learning style. Facing the oncoming education revolution, English education of Chinese universities is the first to be affected. But crisis and opportunities coexist. On the one hand, a potential market in English teaching will emerge as people are eager to learn English; on the other hand, the present rigid teaching patterns of college English are becoming increasingly inappropriate since more flexible and multiple pathways for English study are available. Hence, educational policymakers, managers and lecturers in English should prepare against rainy days and take suitable countermeasures to avoid becoming obsolete in the MOOC age.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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