Inquiring Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS) through the Lens of Students

Authors : Mustafa CANER, Burak ASMA, Ceyda SERT AKTUĞ

Pages : 453-470

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Publication Date : 2019-03-16

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The present study aims to depict the picture of students’ perceptions on Massive Open Online Courses insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MOOCs); regarding several variables. To attain this goal, 416 freshman students, who take four different distance education oriented courses in a state university participated to our study The study adopts a descriptive research design, in which relationships of the variables as part of overall descriptions are examined. The convenience sampling technique is used to reach the accessible population of the study since it is hard to reach to the entire group. The participants are asked to score on a perception questionnaire, which consists of 7 factors and 34 five-point Likert type items. The collected data is analysed through Kruskal Wallis and Mann Whitney U Test and item-based analysis was performed to get a clear-cut picture of the data. The analysis results were presented and discussed based on the relevant literature, and future recommendations were put forth for further researches and researchers.
Keywords : MOOC, distance education, online courses, effectiveness