Abstract: As a new teaching model in recent years, micro-classes, MOOCs and flipped classrooms pose challenges to traditional teaching methods and models, but also make up for the shortcomings of traditional teaching methods and models, and have become a hot spot in education and teaching research today. From trace the origin and development of micro-classes, MOOC and flipped classrooms, further explore the current situation of using three teaching modes in higher medical education, on this basis, the application prospect is prospected, aiming to develop more reasonable characteristic and diversified education teaching models and methods in the medical higher education teaching process in the future provide a certain reference basis.

Key words: Micro-class, MOOC, Flipped classroom, Higher medical education