Contents

• Collaborative Learning Theory and Practice: the Missing Link in Effective Online Education

• A Review of Empirical Studies on the Use of 3D Virtual Worlds in Education outside China

• Towards a Paradigm of Using Big Data in Education to Develop MOOCs  

• Towards a Mechanism for Promoting Lifelong Learning: Implications from Beijing Declaration on Building Learning Cities

• An Investigation of University Students’ Acceptance of MOOCs and Usage Behavior

• Distance Learners’ Perceptions of EFL Teachers’ Roles: A Metaphor Analysis

• The Application of the Rule Acquisition Method of Rough Set Theory in Distance Learning Algorithm

• Developing an Online Course Evaluation System Based on Fuzzy Synthetic Evaluation

• A Comparison of Online Learning Environments for Different Types of Online Courses

• Course Sharing and Credit Transfer in Online Degree Education of the Chinese Federation of Online Teacher Education

• On the Repositioning of Chinese Open Universities at the Provincial Level

• Abstract