MOOC and the Organizational Reform of Chinese Higher Education

Abstract

The Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), which refers to the rise of MOOC,has triggered the international research enthusiasm in the field ofhigher education. Due to the growing practical influence of MOOC, butkeep away from its theoretical doctrine of Unicom, scholars not onlyfocused on the change in curriculums, but also realized what MOOCbrought to higher education which included the organizational change.Based on the analysis of the literature in recent 3 years and sortingpresentations on academic conference, this study believes that massiveopen online course(MOOC) makes the model of educational service withinternet gene gradually highlight. This kind of change will make adifference on macro-adjustment of higher education organizational systemand micro-level transformation of the internal mechanism of organizationin colleges and universities. At the same time, it is necessary tounderstand MOOC platform according to the national strategy and realizesthat MOOC is a new model of online education. The study of the presentsituation of MOOC will help people to predict the Chinese organizationalreform of higher education in future.