Massive open online courses (MOOC) is an emerging teaching mode based on website, which has been developed rapidly in China since 2013. Contemporary medical education, assisted by MOOC, diverges greatly with various modes. In this paper, the current situation and advantages of MOOC on medical education in the information age were analyzed, and suggestions for improvement of MOOC on modern medical education were proposed in combination with foreign case study, which is conducive to the reform and innovation of medical education model.

Based on the virtual simulation of "digital embryo" in the digital teaching platform for medical morphology, this study constructs the course resources of human embryology by integrating the contents of the course, recording micro-videos, formulating course guides, and analyzing clinical cases, then implements the blended teaching model of pre-class preview, in-class discussion, and after-class expansion, and establishes a course evaluation system combining formative assessment and end-of-course assessment. Comparison of assessment scores and satisfaction questionnaire between traditional off-line teaching and blended teaching showed a significant improvement in total score, and more than 5% of the students reported a significant reduction in the difficulty of the course, while the degree of satisfaction with the course was increased by 11%. This suggests that the establishment of the blended teaching model of human embryology meets the requirements for personalized and diversified learning among students, realizes the diversity of teaching methods and teaching evaluation, and improves the quality of teaching.