A Literature Review of MOOC

Abstract

MOOC has become a new field of higher education in recent years. It changes the traditional pattern of higher education, and brings both opportunities and challenges for China's higher education. This paper reviews some literatures on MOOC and analyzes differences between foreign and Chinese studies, and then points out the direction of Chinese research on MOOC to suit our practices in higher education. MOOC is an abbreviation of Massive Open Online Course. It has appeared and spread widely in the field of higher education, especially in higher education fair, open education, teaching reform and learning revolution. As The New York Times regarding 2012 as the “Year of the MOOC”, the Chinese scholars regarded 2013 as the “Year of the Chinese MOOC”. Since we have not used MOOC for a long time, there are some differences between foreign and Chinese studies about MOOC. Literature