Reflections on MOOC Craze in China

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10.2991/icassr-15.2016.249How to use a DOI?

Keywords

MOOCs, online course, online education, Chinese higher education

Abstract

MOOC is getting increasingly popular in the field of education. Many key universities have adopted MOOC and the local universities are ready to have a try. The advantages and disadvantages of the pervasive MOOC craze, however, should be objectively considered. The definition, characteristics, types of MOOC are analyzed in this paper and its development in China is presented. As a technical approach, MOOC, with all its advantages, cannot bring out the real innovation for higher education..

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© 2016, 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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TY  - CONF
AU  - Li Hao
AU  - Xing-hua Sun
PY  - 2016/08
DA  - 2016/08
TI  - Reflections on MOOC Craze in China
BT  - Proceedings of the 3d International Conference on Applied Social Science Research
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 910
EP  - 913
SN  - 1951-6851
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