The Influence of MOOC on Traditional Classroom Teaching of Chinese Universities

Abstract

Nowadays, MOOC provides a new network education platform for universities all over the world, challenging the world’s higher education and exerting a profound influence on Chinese universities as well. Actually, MOOC gradually shows its unique advantages and development potential in China. On the one hand, MOOC improves the comprehensive qualities, promotes scientific research and increases evaluating effectiveness of university teachers. On the other hand, MOOC improves the students’ ability of autonomous learning and helps them grasp good learning methods. However, there is no doubt that traditional classroom teaching cannot be completely replaced. In China, it is generally accepted that universities provide the environment of scientific research, supervise the learning effectiveness and contribute to humanistic education. Thus, Chinese universities must take full advantage of MOOC, and make up the disadvantages through classroom teaching to ensure them meet world standards. Finally, this paper hopes to get some enlightenment on the university teaching reform in China, which could be also helpful for the development of university education in the whole world.