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Title:
Addressing the Resource-Based View: Determinants That Drive Chinese Universities to Offer MOOCs
Language:
English
Authors:
Kai Wang (ORCID 0000-0002-7765-8658), Josep Rialp Criado (ORCID 0000-0002-0656-1592), Stefan Felix Van Hemmen (ORCID 0000-0003-1452-166X)
Source:
International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning. 2024 25(1):45-65.
Availability:
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Peer Reviewed:
Y
Page Count:
21
Publication Date:
2024
Document Type:
Fachzeitschrift Journal Articles<br />Reports - Research
Education Level:
Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors:
MOOCs, Foreign Countries, Human Capital, Colleges, Proximity, Lifelong Learning, Course Organization, Institutional Characteristics
Geographic Terms:
China
ISSN:
1492-3831
Entry Date:
2024
Accession Number:
EJ1419425
Database:
ERIC

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This study involved 51 Chinese universities from the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Ranking 2021. With based the resource-based view (RBV) as a framework, it aimed to identify the determinants of human resource capital that were related to universities' production of MOOCs. Three determinants were detected--size, lifelong learning, and proximity to the political centre. Both size and proximity to the political centre proved to be significant. The findings provide timely implications for university managers and suggest that the variety of management spaces be expanded to increase the portfolio of high-quality Chinese universities that facilitate the production of MOOCs. In addition, universities should increase their proximity awareness to remedy the disadvantages of uneven resource allocation due to geographical proximity.

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