Massive open online course (MOOC) in China: Status quo, opportunities, and challenges

The population of open education resource and online self-studying mode have been brought great and profound changes to traditional higher education system. The introduction of Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) not only presents a convenient ways to involved in top university education courses, but also proposes an alternative method to obtain university experience and credit certification. This paper gives a brief but comprehensive review of MOOC application in China including its status quo, opportunities and challenges.