Learners’ perceptions of MOOCS: A case study from an international on-line learning forum

Osama Al-Mahdi, Farhan Bashir, Hafiz Mudassir Rehman, Mobashar Rehman

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Abstract

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have been a major trend, in online pedagogy and educational technology. They facilitate students’ learning through the involvement of technologies which is considered an essential aspect for independent learners. The current research is an effort to analyse learners’ perception for MOOCs upon their lives, pedagogy and social learning environment. This exploratory study employed a quantitative research design in which the data were gathered through a self-report questionnaire completed by 73 participants of an online learning forum. The findings show that the learners perceive MOOCs as useful for their personal, academic and professional life. They can help learners to develop confidence, lifelong learning, gain higher education and build their future career. Moreover, MOOCs are considered valuable because of their pedagogy and learning design which is easy to adopt. Some of the participants were concerned about the quality of the feedback they receive in MOOCs as they being less effective than the feedback in the regular classrooms.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2020 6th International Conference on e-Learning, ICEL 2020
Pages407-412
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781665415507
Publication statusPublished (in print/issue) - 6 Dec 2020
Event6th International Conference on e-Learning, ICEL 2020 - Sakheer, Bahrain
Duration: 6 Dec 20207 Dec 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Conference on e-Learning, ICEL
Volume2020-December
ISSN (Print)2048-8882
ISSN (Electronic)2048-8890

Conference

Conference6th International Conference on e-Learning, ICEL 2020
Country/TerritoryBahrain
CitySakheer
Period6/12/207/12/20

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 IEEE.

Keywords

  • E-learning
  • Learning technologies
  • Massive Open Online Course
  • Online Learning
  • Open courses

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