To:Related higher education institutions and corporations：

  The social contradictions in the new era are reflected in education: the contradiction between the growing demand for fair and quality education and the unbalanced and inadequate development of education industry. However, online education has great potential to transform education, which is a significant way to break the contradiction of education in the new era and promote teaching and education reform.
      The emergence of online education and development of related technologies have led to the transformation of education in the Internet era. The global education workers also face new challenges and opportunities. They face challenges on how to improve the quality of online higher educationto enable learners to obtain high-quality learning experience and learning effects.In addition, they must understand how to transform and upgrade online education modelsto guarantee the sustainabilityand scalability to meet the future global demands of online education. Solving these issues are core factors related to institutions entering this fast-track industry.
      Catering to the global needs of our educationalindustry, the 2018 US-Sino Online Higher Education Forum will be held under the theme of improving quality of online higher education and the promoting US-Sino higher education cooperation.Communicating best practices and learning about new innovations in online higher education for China and the United States will be a central focal point. Presenters and participants are leaders and professionals coming from well-known and respected universitiesand online educationalcompanies. Topics includeonline platforms, effective faculty engagement and teaching practices, curriculum design, learning resources and tools, technical supportand operational management of platforms. Innovative and valuable research practices will also be introduced. The Forum will provide attendees with a high-quality academic and international education forum to jointly promote information exchanges,best practicesand an opportunity to develop cooperative agreements in the field of global online education.