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Good Practices from AAOU Members

education is an important part of regular established first, after which Shanghai,
higher education” (Lin, 2018). By 1965, Guangzhou, and Shenyang quickly
there were 123 universities offering followed suit. These universities were
correspondence education, offering dedicated to serving on-the-job part-
as many as 138 majors that attracted time learning for adults. They also
1.89 million registered students. By extended education services to urban
1965, regular institutions of higher labors and made great contributions to
learning throughout China cultivated local economic construction.
80,000 graduates of correspondence
education, accounting for 28% of the After 1966, the development of both
total enrollment in higher education correspondence education and TV
(Ding, 2001). universities were plunged into 10 years
of stagnation.
After 1960, some big cities started to
run city TV universities with the help of
TV networks. Beijing TV University was

The Open University of China (OUC)