Author(s)

Zhaoyang Xu^*

The School of Public Affairs, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.

In recent years, MOOC has developed rapidly in the world, and become the key power of promoting the modernization transformation of education cause, forcing the reform of traditional education system. This paper, using the thought of interpretivism, analyzes the value connotation of MOOC, including mean value and end value, and through combining national conditions puts forward four aspects of value orientation which should be adhered to for the development of “Chinese MOOC”—“timely help” on function position, combination of Chinese and Western on developing method, distinct personality on educational philosophy and flexible management on government regulation.

MOOC, Mean Value, End Value, Value Orientation

Xu, Z. (2016) On the Value Connotation of MOOC and Value Orientation of Development of Chinese MOOC. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 4, 14-20. doi: 10.4236/jss.2016.41002.