The Relationship between Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) Content Design and Students’ Performance

Authors

  • Norhidayah Mohamad entre for Technopreneurship Development (CTeD), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malays
  • Azrina Othman Centre for Technopreneurship Development (CTeD), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
  • Tan Siew Ying Centre for Technopreneurship Development (CTeD), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
  • Neerosha Rajah Centre for Technopreneurship Development (CTeD), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia
  • Norsamsinar Samsudin Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Perak, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v15i04.20201

Keywords:

MOOC, MOOC’s Content Design, Students’ Performance, Higher Education, UTeM

Abstract


Over the years, there has been tremendous growth in online social networking which contributed to the revolution of higher education’s learning environment. Massive Online Open Courses (MOOC) is now common in online education, which provides open networks of self-directed learning. MOOCs are referred as a continuation trend in innovation that initiated by learning from geographical distance and online. MOOCs is a current evolvement in higher learning institution in Malaysia with the aims to provide quality education for the students. However, there are some challenges in developing effective instructional design courses and retaining learners in MOOCs. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to discover the relationship between MOOC’s content design and students’ performances among UTeM’s engineering students. Through literature review, variables are identified such as courses content design, enhancement in teaching and learning and students’ performance. In this study, 373 samples have been collected and the data analysed using SPSS. The results revealed that there are significant relationships between courses materials, courses activities, and courses tools with students’ performance. It is believed that this research paper will beneficial to higher education to improve MOOC’s content design in order to enhance the students’ performance in the future.

Author Biographies

Norhidayah Mohamad, entre for Technopreneurship Development (CTeD), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malays

entre for Technopreneurship Development (CTeD), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malays

Azrina Othman, Centre for Technopreneurship Development (CTeD), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia

Centre for Technopreneurship Development (CTeD), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia

Tan Siew Ying, Centre for Technopreneurship Development (CTeD), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia

Centre for Technopreneurship Development (CTeD), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia

Neerosha Rajah, Centre for Technopreneurship Development (CTeD), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia

Centre for Technopreneurship Development (CTeD), Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia

Norsamsinar Samsudin, Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Perak, Malaysia

Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Perak, Malaysia

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Published

2021-02-26

How to Cite

Mohamad, N., Othman, A., Ying, T. S., Rajah, N., & Samsudin, N. (2021). The Relationship between Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) Content Design and Students’ Performance. International Journal of Interactive Mobile Technologies (iJIM), 15(04), pp. 4–15. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijim.v15i04.20201

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