The chinese national top level courses project: using open educational resources to promote quality in undergraduate teaching

Аннотация

Without understanding properly how the National Top Level Courses Project is organized, it will be very difficult for foreign organizations to engage and collaborate with Chinese institutions. In scope, this is by a wide margin the largest Open Educational Resources project in the world, and much could be learnt from the Chinese experience. It also presents a very fascinating platform for different kinds of research on the production, use and reuse of Open Educational Resources. However, none of this is possible without a thorough understanding of how the program functions, why and how it was initiated, and how it fits into the broader trends of Chinese higher education.