Abstract:

Due to the high demand of data scientists and the dramatic technological changes in online learning, this paper aims to improve data science education in China. Thus it presents an overview of 81 data science courses related Massive Online Open Courses (MOOC) from 17 Web sites at home and abroad by the use of a three dimensional analytical framework. Results point out that data science MOOC education in China is at the starting edge with promising development trends, which can be improved in platform, organization and courses. The results could be beneficial for the enrichment the sources of data science course and the improvement of data science course system so as to train qualified data scientists and support decisionmaking for government and enterprise.

Key words: Data science, Massive Open Online Course(MOOC), Course construction; , Comparative analysis; , Experience enlightenment