This paper reports preliminary findings on students enrolled in a massive open online course, who were also assigned to work in groups. Part of a larger study on the effect of groups on retention and completion in MOOCs, the paper provides students' demographics (i.e., location, gender, education level, and employment status), and motivation for…

China has entered into a new stage of demographic dynamics whereby population-related challenges are more complicated than ever before. The current one-child policy should be modified. However, the anticipated impacts of such a policy change should not be over-exaggerated. China's demographic challenge requires an integrated coping strategy.…

This education management profile of the People's Republic of China contains the following: basic information about the country, key educational indicators, brief comments about the country, a description of the education system, the management of education, access to education and school enrollment, problems and challenges, educational reform in…

Using as examples the questions of size of the primary school population and size and qualifications of the teaching force, the author illustrates certain difficulties in obtaining an informed picture of the school system in the People's Republic of China, plus the nature and limitations of available information sources. (Author/SJL)