Analysis of learning behavior of military vocational education on MOOC platform

Abstract

In recent years, Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) sweeps the world and becomes a booster for military vocational education which effectively enhances the education quality. Following the trend, China has established a MOOC platform called “Dream Course” for military officers and soldiers. Analyzing the characteristics of learning behavior of military vocational education on MOOC platform and giving corresponding suggestions are of great significance to promote our military education. This thesis will first elaborate MOOC characteristics and learning behavior and then analyze the learning behavior of professional military study on “Dream Course” from three aspects: users, course learning, and communication and interaction. The thesis also gives suggestions on how to create quality online courses, improve encouraging mechanism, and utilize the platform innovatively.