Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in The United States, China, and India

DOI

10.2991/mmetss-17.2017.27How to use a DOI?

Keywords

MOOCs, Massive Open Online Courses, United States, China, India, Higher Education

Abstract

MOOCs is considered a disruptive concept in world's education industry today. "Borderless access," "free of cost," and "unlimited enrollment" are the core attributes of MOOCs. Ideally, these characteristics allow students with various backgrounds to access quality higher education from any place in the world. In reality, there are barriers exist to limit MOOC access to particular groups of people in different geopolitical or socioeconomic society. This paper looks into the detail characteristics of MOOCs in three distinct countries: The United States, China, and India. From the comparison, we found that different cultural background, social needs, and economic development status will shape the MOOC industry, participants' characteristics, and industry development differently across countries.

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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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AU  - Yanxuan Li
PY  - 2017/07
DA  - 2017/07
TI  - Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in The United States, China, and India
BT  - Proceedings of the 2017 2nd International Conference on Modern Management, Education Technology, and Social Science (MMETSS 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 130
EP  - 137
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/mmetss-17.2017.27
DO  - 10.2991/mmetss-17.2017.27
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