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Shahzad, Fakhar; Xiu, GuoYi; Khan, Imran; Shahbaz, Muhammad; Riaz, Muhammad Usman; Abbas, Adnan – Asia Pacific Education Review, 2020
In the provision of massive open online courses (MOOCs), cloud computing services enable students to synchronize their study materials anywhere, anytime, and using any device, which can improve learning performance and strengthen the teacher-student relationship via knowledge sharing. This study builds on the…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Computer Software, Technology Integration, Teaching Methods
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Huang, Futao – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2017
Based on case studies of China and Japan, this study undertakes comparative research on major aspects of university curriculum and instruction-teaching activities of academics, their role in curriculum development, and their perceptions of these activities--between a mass and a universal higher education system. Major findings from the APA…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Mass Instruction, Access to Education, Cultural Context
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Avshenyuk, Nataliya – Comparative Professional Pedagogy, 2016
The article is devoted to the problem of teachers' professional development within the concept of "open educational resources". The author analyzes the project "Massive Open Online Courses" (MOOC) as one of the modern achievements in the area of information and communication technology (ICT) for the development of adult…
Descriptors: Open Education, Faculty Development, Mass Instruction, Global Approach
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Griffiths, Tom G.; Arnove, Robert F. – Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2015
World culture theory (WCT) offers an explanatory framework for macro-level comparative analyses of systems of mass education, including their structures, accompanying policies and their curricular and pedagogical practices. WCT has contributed to broader efforts to overcome methodological nationalism in comparative research. In this paper, we…
Descriptors: Social Systems, Social Theories, Guidelines, Comparative Analysis
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Literat, Ioana – Higher Education Research and Development, 2015
The proliferation of massive open online courses (MOOCs) has stirred a fervent debate about global access to higher education. While some commentators praise MOOCs for expanding educational opportunities in a more open and accessible fashion, others criticize this trend as a threat to current models of higher education and a low-quality substitute…
Descriptors: Mass Instruction, College Credits, Teaching Methods, Online Courses