On 21 June 2021, the Open University of China (OUC) and the Open University in the UK (OUUK) jointly held an online teacher-training workshop for teachers from the OUC headquarters, aiming to enhance their capacity for both teaching and innovation. It consisted of three sessions covering online tutoring skills, class design, and curriculum and MOOC production. 30 teachers from the OUC’s ten departments were selected to participate.

An opening ceremony for the China-Germany Master’s Degree Programme, jointly launched by the Open University of China (OUC), Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg (OVGU), and the Beijing International Institute of Asia-Europe Education and Culture (AEEC Institute Beijing), was held on 18 April 2021, a day which also witnessed the unveiling of a related training centre. This centre, to be established at the OUC, will undertake project cooperation.

On 28 September 2021, the Open University of China (OUC) and the University of London (UoL) connected via video transmission for the opening ceremony of an 12-week online tutor-training programme aiming to help OUC teachers with distance teaching, design of online classes, evaluation, and other areas, and provide a platform for their collaboration. Over 250 teachers from the OUC headquarters and more than 40 branches are participating.

On 25 March 2021, the Open University of China (OUC) cooperated with Beijing Yuying School to hold training for Mongolian teachers at the invitation of the UNESCO Beijing Office and the Institute of Teachers’ Professional Development of Mongolia (ITPD). The goal of the training was to share experiences and practices of epidemic prevention and control, as well as “undisrupted learning during school closures” in primary and middle schools in the context of COVID-19 in China.

The Open University of China (OUC) held its second online workshop for teachers from the Institute of Teachers’ Professional Development of Mongolia (ITPD) on 16 March 2021, at the invitation of the UNESCO Beijing Office and ITPD. The workshop was themed around online course design with the aim of helping Mongolian teachers master the basic skills of online instruction and improve their online teaching abilities.

The Open University of China (OUC) held a training workshop for the Institute of Teachers’ Professional Development of Mongolia (ITPD) from 17-18 November 2020, in an attempt to implement a cooperation agreement with UNESCO.