A Research On Problems And Countermeasures Of MOOC Practice In Chinese Universities And Colleges

MOOC,short for Massive Open Online Courses,is an up-to-date production of the deep integration of information technology and education.MOOC is considered as the greatest innovation since the invention of Printing,and presents the light for future education.In recent years,introduction of MOOC in China triggered a strong react in the field of higher education and lifted a new round of online-teaching.Tsinghua University,Peking University,Shanghai Jiaotong University and many other famous Chinese universities became members of international MOOC group and launched their localized online platforms,such as School Online,Good Universities Online and Peking University’s MOOC in Chinese.Compared with other online courses,MOOC centers on learning,emphasizing interaction and processing evaluation of learning effect,which creates better learning experience to learners and brings many benefits for higher education reform.This research investigates and analyzes MOOC practices among Chinese universities and colleges by adopting documentary method,survey method and comparative method,which has both certain theoretical significance and practical value.This thesis is divided into five chapters.The first chapter is the preface,including the subject background and research significance,research status both at home and aboard,research ideas and methods.The second chapter,also the second part of this thesis,focuses on deeper explanations of MOOC’s definition and connotation bases on previous research.Comparisons with other opening online-courses and distance education,reasonable interpretations of characteristics from the view of pedagogy as well as discussions of two basic-course-mood are made.In addition,SPOC,an innovative application form of MOOC,has been mentioned.This part is the theory foundation of the following.Chapter three and Chapter four is the key part.Firstly,it summarizes main MOOC practices in Chinese universities and colleges from macro-level.Secondly,fiverepresentative MOOC platforms are chosen as examples to analyze their platform,course construction,supporting service in learning and learners’ participation.Some existing problems are found during analysis.Finally,according to our national conditions and the laws of higher education,this part offers countermeasures and suggestions to boost MOOC development in China.The last part is the fifth chapter which is the epilogue.This part concludes academic achievements of this research,pointing out that negative effects should not be ignored when approve its main trend positive value.Meantime,it puts forward the inadequacies of this research and future research prospects.