Chinese Higher Education in the Time of MOOCs

The present study intended to search for a way for Chinese higher education to have a better development with the help of MOOCs and survive in the time of MOOCs. This study gave a general introduction to MOOCs and described the global development of MOOCs, pointing out the strong points of MOOCs and the weak points of the traditional classroom teaching model. Meanwhile, this paper discussed the reasons for the surge in interest in MOOCs in Chinese higher education institutions and then elaborated on the opportunities and challenges faced by Chinese higher education and emphasized that the main purpose of building a new pattern of localized MOOCs in China was to improve the teaching quality with the aid of MOOCs. This article suggested that if Chinese higher education institutions want to survive in the MOOCs trend, they must actively look for ways to change the status quo and get improvement.