在线教育即MOOC(Massive——大规模的、Open——开放的、Online——在线的、Course——课程,指大规模的网络在线开放课程,也称慕课),是近两年快速兴起的一种创新教育模式,它的迅猛发展正影响着传统教育格局,也对当前的教育管理体制和运行模式提出了全新的挑战。在线教育以一种全新的知识传播和学习模式出现,无论广度(全球)还是深度(优质课程教育资源),其产生的积极深远影响无法估量。本文仅从地理教学的视角来探讨在线教育的优势。 Online Education MOOC (Massive - Open - Open, Online - Online, Course - Course, refers to the large-scale online open course, also known as Mu class), is the rapid rise of the past two years An innovative education model whose rapid development is affecting the traditional education pattern and poses entirely new challenges to the current education management system and operation mode. The emergence of online education in a completely new mode of knowledge dissemination and learning, with its breadth (global) and depth (quality curriculum education resources), has had a profound and far-reaching impact that can not be gauged. This article discusses the advantages of online education only from the perspective of geography teaching.