A Study On The Development Of Online Higher Education In The U.S.

The accelerated development of modern network high-tech,which takes the high-speed transmission and processing of cultural information as its core content,has brought great impact and fundamental change to the production and life of human society,at the same time has put forward severe challenges and urgent requirements to the network innovation,transformation and transcendental development of modern and contemporary higher education,has also provided the necessary network high-tech facilities,demand power,market platform,opportunity and infinite space for the network innovation,transformation and transcendence development of modern and contemporary higher education.Whether and how to adapt to and catch up with the requirements and pace of the great changes of the times,to achieve their own historical network upgrade,as always to walk in the forefront of the times,has become the modern and contemporary higher education practice and theory must be answered the fundamental question.From the historical point of view,to investigate the network innovation transformation and transcendence development process of the modern and contemporary American higher education with early start,excellent conditions,strong technology and strong demand becomes the basic topic path and choice of the contemporary education history,which is also necessary for this paper to deeply discuss and answer the above questions and also must pay close attention to and consider deeply.This paper regards American online higher education as a living and complex social ecological system of education,and takes its historical evolution as the research object,and bases on the basic historical fact that the online higher education in the United States and the traditional higher education continue to learn from each other and grow together,and follows the basic research principle and train of thought of the scientific unification of Marxist historical method and logical method,and uses the research paradigm of social ecology of education and its related literature research method,comparative research method,case study method and other operational research methods.From the background of the great changes in the social ecosystem of American online higher education,high-tech facilities,legal organization of school,educational purpose,content and methods,and other aspects.This paper systematically sorts out and investigates the main contents,effects,problems and characteristics of the stages of the basic historical process of American online higher education,such as its germination,formation,growth and upgrading.This paper describes the rhythm of history,mechanism of innovation and true appearance of the American online higher education gradually "incubating" and forming,then "challenging" independence,until forming "impact" confrontation,and finally making peace with the traditional higher education,and gradually "merging" with the promotion.This paper analyzes the transformation process of American traditional higher education to American online higher education from "questioning" to "trying" to "accepting" until finally "merging",and reveals and explains the background,distinctive features,fundamental causes and social effect mechanism of the tenacious generation,continuous innovation and vigorous development of American online higher education under the impact,inducement and support of network high technology.This paper provides enlightenment and experience for the improvement,development,promotion and perfection of online higher education in China.Through systematic and in-depth historical investigation and historical verification,this paper reveals the opportunities and profound influences of the spontaneous birth of network high-tech and the development of independent innovation,the realistic demand and call of The Times for the mass survival and elite expansion of American higher education,the system and operating mechanism of professional standardization and open innovation of American higher education,as well as the legalized norms and guidance and market-oriented operation mode of the American government,all of the above have provided the advance opportunity of "subversive innovation" for the historic birth,timely sprout,tenacious birth and strong development of American online higher education,at the same time,these also provide the comprehensive support,full staff motivation,panoramic platform,omnidirectional mode and full social security of "continuous innovation".It is the historical precipitation and accumulation of these technological,cultural and social entities factors that have efficiently and fairly injected new vigor and vitality into the strong birth,optimal development and continuous promotion of online higher education in the United States.This paper argues that the integration of open innovation and professional standardization is the fundamental operating mechanism,practice form and whole content and characteristics of the development of American online higher education.From the machine teaching of American traditional higher education to the Internet application of American contemporary online higher education.From the distance of American traditional higher education to the online rendering of American contemporary online higher education.From the continuous expansion of the traditional American higher education to the contemporary American online higher education facing the public.From the class and institution organization mode of traditional American higher education to the integrated MOOCs form of American contemporary online higher education.All of the above clearly show that the American traditional higher education and its contemporary online higher education have the inherent consistency,dynamic balance,mutual development and confluent co-development,and the increasing diversity of forms,membership value,the systemic vitality of life and growth of higher education in the United States.Perhaps,this is the basic enlightenment and reference value that the development history of contemporary online higher education in the United States can provide to us.