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Stephen Downes

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In 2012 China undertook a transformation from the previous generation of open universities - known as Radio and Television Universities (RTVU) to a model based on this mandate: "The open universities are the main force for building public service platforms for continuing education, providing services to the whole society, building a convenient, flexible and personalized ICT-based learning environment for learners, and facilitating the construction of Lifelong learning system and learning society." This article (20 page PDF) overviews that transformation, including the new institutions' new emphasis on open educational resources (OER), qualifications and a credit bank system, and issues and challenges being faced by the system today.

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