MOOCs in the Malaysian higher education institutions: The instructors’ perspectives

Q2 Social Sciences

Reference Librarian Pub Date : 2018-04-02 DOI:10.1080/02763877.2018.1458688

Jeya Amantha Kumar, H. Al-Samarraie

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Massive open online courses (MOOC) are considered a modern e-learning technology that was initiated by the Malaysian higher education in 2015. The current literature on MOOCs, covering research relating to its effectiveness to accommodate different students’ abilities showed conflicting results in this regard. With limited studies on MOOCs’ effectiveness in Malaysian higher education, this study explored current opportunities, challenges, and solutions of using MOOC in the Malaysian higher education institutions. Instructors from various teaching backgrounds were interviewed to respond to these concerns. The study found that the major challenges faced by instructors when using MOOC were redundancy, lack of facilities and exposure, incompetent knowledge in MOOC course design and development, and insufficient leadership and capacity-building programmes. Therefore, possible solutions to these challenges were identified and discussed. These findings can help the policy makers explore strategies for the future development, implementation and success of MOOC in the context of higher education in Malaysia. Abbreviations: MOOC: Massive Open Online Courses; cMOOC: Connectivist Massive Open Online Courses; xMOOC: eXtended Massive Open Online Courses; ahMOOC: adaptive hybrid Massive Open Online Courses; LMS: Learning Management System; MQA: Malaysian Qualifications Agency; STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

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马来西亚高等教育机构的mooc:教师的视角

大规模开放在线课程(MOOC)被认为是一种现代电子学习技术，于2015年由马来西亚高等教育发起。目前关于mooc的文献，涵盖了关于其适应不同学生能力的有效性的研究，在这方面显示了相互矛盾的结果。由于对MOOC在马来西亚高等教育中的有效性研究有限，本研究探讨了目前在马来西亚高等教育机构中使用MOOC的机遇、挑战和解决方案。来自不同教学背景的教师接受了采访，以回应这些担忧。研究发现，教师在使用MOOC时面临的主要挑战是冗余、缺乏设施和曝光、MOOC课程设计和开发知识不足、领导力和能力建设项目不足。因此，确定并讨论了应对这些挑战的可能解决方案。这些发现可以帮助决策者探索在马来西亚高等教育背景下，MOOC的未来发展、实施和成功的策略。缩写:MOOC:大规模在线开放课程;cMOOC:连接主义大规模在线开放课程;xMOOC:扩展的大规模在线开放课程;ahMOOC:自适应混合型大规模在线开放课程;LMS:学习管理系统;MQA:马来西亚资格认证机构;STEM:科学、技术、工程和数学

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