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Promoting Development and Use of OER: The Case of Open Educational Resources Consortium of Chinese Universities

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Hybrid Learning and Continuing Education (ICHL 2013)

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The present paper introduces the OER in continuing education project which is undertaken by Open Educational Resources Consortium of Chinese Universities (OERCCU). The paper describes features of open courses, service and usage of OER, experience and lessons and challenges and next steps. Some related issues are discussed: importance of OER, quality assurance, facilitating meaningful learning with OER and sustaining viability.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Division of Continuing Education, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

    Jianjun Hou

  2. School of Continuing Education, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

    Haidi Lu

  3. Department of Information Management, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

    Yanli Qi

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. The Open University of Hong Kong, Good Shepherd Street, Homantin, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    Simon K. S. Cheung

  2. Computer Science Department, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    Joseph Fong

  3. School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto, Canada

    Wilfred Fong

  4. Deaprtment of Business Administration, Caritas Institute of Higher Education, 18 Chui Ling Road, Tseung Kwan O, Hong Kong, China

    Fu Lee Wang

  5. Department of Computer Science, College of Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Lam For Kwok

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Hou, J., Lu, H., Qi, Y. (2013). Promoting Development and Use of OER: The Case of Open Educational Resources Consortium of Chinese Universities. In: Cheung, S.K.S., Fong, J., Fong, W., Wang, F.L., Kwok, L.F. (eds) Hybrid Learning and Continuing Education. ICHL 2013. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8038. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39750-9_29

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