Abstract: In view of the backward economy, poor teaching environment, scarce teachers and loss of students in underdeveloped areas in China, the necessity and feasibility of applying advanced teaching technology MOOC to compulsory education in underdeveloped areas are explored Firstly, starting from the status quo of compulsory education in underdeveloped areas, a model of the influencing factors of students learning willingness to MOOC in underdeveloped areas was constructed based on UTAUT2 model Then the field survey method was used to distribute the questionnaire to collect data to verify the model, and the conclusions were drawn: performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions and hedonic motivation had positive influence on learning willingness to MOOC Self-learning management and learning willingness would not have a significant positive relationship Finally, suggestions on applying MOOC to compulsory education in underdeveloped areas were discussed based on the results of empirical research

Key words: underdeveloped areas, compulsory education, MOOC, technology acceptance model