Massive open online courses (MOOCS): systematic literature review in Malaysian higher education

  • Authors

    • Waleed Al-Rahmi Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
    • Ahmed Aldraiweesh
    • Noraffandy Yahaya
    • Yusri Bin Kamin
    2018-09-16
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.15156
  • Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), Higher Education, Systematic Literature Review

  • Abstract

    This study provided a systematic and organized review of 32 studies regarding using of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in Ma-laysian higher education from 2012 to 2017. This paper conducted an analysis of studies dedicated of using (MOOCs) for learning on the basis of certain dimensions namely, journal, country, author, year of publication, research methods, type of respondents, the models, and the theories. The findings obtained revealed that the interest on the topic has shown an increasing trend over recent years that it has ultimately become a well-known topic for academic research in the future. Nevertheless, to boost and enhance the using (MOOCs) for learning, it is important that future studies apply considerable use of theoretical and methodological approaches like the qualitative methods to examine the factors it will encourage students to use (MOOCs).

     

     

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    Al-Rahmi, W., Aldraiweesh, A., Yahaya, N., & Bin Kamin, Y. (2018). Massive open online courses (MOOCS): systematic literature review in Malaysian higher education. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 7(4), 2197-2202. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v7i4.15156

    Received date: 2018-07-06

    Accepted date: 2018-08-05

    Published date: 2018-09-16