ObjectiveTo investigate the application value of the massive online open course (MOOC) of the "Outline of Modern Chinese History" ("Outline") of Bengbu Medical College, and explore the way to further improve the teaching effectiveness.

MethodsThe relevant data of the students′ learning of the "Outline" MOOC were collected through the E-learning Anhui Higher Education Smart Education Platform, and the overall effectiveness and performance effectiveness of the "Outline" MOOC were investigated and analyzed.The self-compiled questionnaire of satisfaction with MOOC was distributed, collected and analyzed through "Questionnaire Star". "Learning Pass" was used to solicit suggestions and opinions on the establishment of MOOC.

Results68.37% of the students thought that the harvest was great, 76.81% of the students thought that interaction was strong, and 78.01% thought that openness was high.According to the statistics of MOOC′s effectiveness, in terms of overall effectiveness, 99.4% of the 849 students in one school year had completed more than 60% of the learning tasks, and 44.4% of the students had completed 100% of the learning tasks; in terms of achievement effectiveness, students who completed 100% of their studies were significantly higher than other students in terms of video completion score, homework score, examination score and course comprehensive score (P < 0.01).The comprehensive scores and integral scores of medical majors were higher than those of non-medical majors, but there was no statistical significance (P>0.05).The comprehensive score and integral score of stomatology were higher than those of clinical medicine and anesthesiology, and there were significant differences in video node scores and comprehensive scores of the three majors (P < 0.01).There was no statistically significant difference between students of different genders in comprehensive scores and integral scores (P>0.05).

ConclusionsScientifically design the teaching content system of the "Outline" MOOC, establish and improve the interactive teaching mode of "Outline" MOOC and classroom teaching, combine theory with practice to improve the teaching effectiveness of "Outline" MOOC.