MOOC热背后的冷思考

Calm Reflections on the Upsurge of MOOC

MOOC如"一场数字海啸"席卷了整个教育界。学者们对MOOC看法不一,各执一词。我们既不能因为把MOOC理论上所具有的优越性当作现实的优点而盲目乐观,也不要因为MOOC在发展中遇到的挑战而对其失去信心。要正视MOOC在发展中所遇到的学习者学习持续性不强、退学率高、交流互动不足以及网络教学难以适应实践教学需要、教学模式单一、学分认证遭到质疑等问题,将MOOC与传统课堂教学和其他新型教学模式结合起来,借鉴远程教育的经验,完善学习支持系统,让MOOC发挥其应有的功能,实现信息技术对教育发展的"革命性影响"。

The massive open online courses （MOOC） have swept the whole education field like ＂a digital tsunami＂. Scholars have different opinions about MOOC. We can neither be blindly optimistic for the advantages of MOOC nor be disappointed for the problems in the development of MOOC. During the development of MOOC, there are still many problems ： learners are weak sustainability in learning, there exists high drop-out rate, communication and interaction are insufficient, online teaching is difficult to meet the need of practice, teaching mode is simple, and credit certification is questioned, et al. We should combine MOOC with traditional education or other new teaching modes, borrowing ideas from distance education to improve the learning support system. Furthermore, we should make MOOC play its role to achieve the revolutionary impact of information technology on education.