China encourages MOOCs in HE transformation drive

By Katherine Forestier. The Chinese government has responded positively to the arrival of massive open online courses, MOOCs, and is speeding up the development of its own online offerings.
The government is actively encouraging the import of quality courses to China – as long as they do not contain politically sensitive content – as well as the export of its best courses, Professor Huang Ronghuai, associate dean of the faculty of education at Beijing Normal University, told University World News. More...