Hierarchical Needs of MOOCs Intercultural Learning: Multiple Reconstruction of Cultural Identities

In the open 3.0 era which aims to reshape globalization, MOOCs provides learners with the globalized multiple exchanges and learning platform. Intercultural learning is becoming the main form of MOOCs learning. The hierarchy of MOOCs intercultural learning needs is established based on the observation, investigation and research in the platform Futurelearn. Its essence is the multivariate refactoring of learners’ cultural identity. The hierarchy and the cultural identity multivariate refactoring both include four aspects: the need for safety (impact on cultural identity), the need for belonging (personal cultural identity), the need for participation (group cultural identity) and the self-actualization (collaborative development of personal and group identities). For learners, they are not cultural immigrants, but they should insist their original culture and then be able to view and understand the diversity of other cultures. The strong confidence on native culture can help learners make better on intercultural learning. For the course providers, multiple designing is essential which can help learners to achieve multivariate refactoring of cultural identity rapidly and improve the performance of intercultural learning.