Survey and Reflection on MOOC Mania in China Higher Education

Abstract

After developing for several years, massive open online courses (MOOCs) have actually become compliments rather than competitors to traditional higher education. However, a series of questions have to be resolved for the deep fusion of MOOC into traditional higher education. Based on a survey of MOOCs development status in China higher education, some congenital defects of MOOCs, some attentions of the combining of MOOCs with higher education and the future tendency of MOOCs were discussed briefly, in order to make MOOCs sever the China higher education better.