Large-scale open online courses (MOOCs) are a form of online education. "Online education" is a big concept. Online education is e-learning, or distance education and online learning. In the current concept, it generally refers to a learning behavior based on the network, which is similar to the concept of online training. \x0d\\x0d\ and "massive open online courses"-massive open online courses, that is, massive open online courses. In 20 12, top universities in the United States set up online learning platforms to provide free courses online. The rise of three course providers, Coursera, Udacity and edX, provided more students with the possibility of systematic learning. 20 13 February, the National University of Singapore cooperated with Coursera Company of the United States to join a large-scale open online course platform. The University of Singapore is the first university in Singapore to reach a cooperation agreement with Coursera. In 20 14, he took the lead in offering courses such as quantum physics and classical music creation through the company platform. \x0d\ The courses of these three platforms are all aimed at higher education, and like real universities, they have their own learning and management systems. Besides, their courses are free. \x0d\ Take Coursera as an example. This company cooperates with 33 universities around the world, including Columbia University and Princeton University. 20 13 In February, the company announced that 29 universities had joined their team. \ x0d \ x0d \ In other words, online education of large-scale open online courses is a kind of free and open higher education.