Abstract Since 2012, the MOOCs has grown rapidly and its platforms represented by Coursera, edX and Udacity have attracted prestigious schools and learners all over the world. As the standardbearer of the MOOCs, the American MOOCs with its innovativeness and foresightedness is in the lead in theoretical research and practice. Theoretical and practical exploration have been made on the completion of MOOCs courses, evaluation and certification of learning effects as well as the cost and benefit of MOOCs operation, which will contribute to the sustainable development of the MOOCs and the localization of the MOOCs in China.
GAO Di,WU Tong. Several Frontier Issues in the Theoretical Study of the
MOOCs and Its Practice in the USA[J]. Journal of Higher Education Management, 2014, 8(4): 49-.