Contents

• Open universities: a storied past but an uncertain future?

• Applications of big data in online learning management

• Developing a big data-oriented open and distance experiment platform

• Barriers to adult online learning from the perspective of service marketing:
  a grounded theory research

• A comparison of collaborative learning outcomes in the blended learning setting:
  a social network analysis

• A visualization analysis of international distance education research

• Towards a support system for teachers’ online professional development: a case study

• A three-dimension evaluation system for Moodle-based courses

• Abstract