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Good Practices from AAOU Members

international development model (Yang, Development Plan for ODE in China
2019). In 2017, the OUC was honored In the new era, China is accelerating education
with the Institutional Prize of Excellence modernisation. In 2019, the CPC Central
by the International Council for Open Committee and the State Council issued China
and Distance Education (ICDE). As of Education Modernisation 2035, outlining a
the end of 2021, all the 44 provincial grand blueprint for educational development
RTVUs changed their names to open in China, “to realise overall education
universities. modernization and to strive to become an
education power.” “Accelerating educational
During this period, online education change in the information era, promoting
in China’s regular institutions of the change and innovation of education
higher learning also experienced fast organization forms and management
development. Regular institutions of modes, and using informatisation to advance
higher learning have played a leading education modernization” is one of the 10
and demonstrative role in exploring major strategic tasks. In recent years, efforts
the construction and development of have been stepped up to strengthen strategic
massive open online courses (MOOC), planning and resource coordination and strive
promoting the establishment of regional to develop ODE with Chinese characteristics.
MOOC alliances, and participating in the The overall national policies and the strategic
construction of “outstanding national adjustment of the OUC can thus be taken as
online open courses.” examples to introduce the development plan
for ODE in China.

The Open University of China (OUC)