MOOCs in Language Learning: A Scoping Review

Arslan A., Erarslan A.

Current Academic Studies in Educational Sciences, Abdülkadir KABADAYI, Editör, Livre De Lyon, Lyon, ss.161-183, 2021

  • Yayın Türü: Kitapta Bölüm / Araştırma Kitabı
  • Basım Tarihi: 2021
  • Yayınevi: Livre De Lyon
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Lyon
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.161-183
  • Editörler: Abdülkadir KABADAYI, Editör
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This study presents a systematic review of studies on massive open online courses (MOOCs) in the fields of learning English as a foreign language (EFL) or as a second language (ESL) with a view to revealing their benefits and challenges. Thus, to retrieve relevant studies, the researchers searched online databases including Web of Science (WOS), ERIC, EBSCHOhost, ScienceDirect, SCOPUS, IGI Global, Wiley Online Library, Emerald Insight, and Sage. Based on the eligibility criteria, 44 studies (18 articles, 16 oral presentations, 7 projects, and 3 theses) were included in the study. Consistent with the procedures suggested by Cooper, a systematic review was conducted. The results reveal that massive open online courses in learning English as a foreign or second language could bring some benefits for language learners such as enhancing their language skills, providing them an incentive, and personalisation of their learning. Besides, although known to have contributions like flexibility and interaction to the process of language learners’ learning in EFL/ESL, some challenges concerning language learners’ low participation level, low proficiency level and peer assessment difficulty, along with pedagogical challenges as technical difficulties, restricted licenses for courses, and need for local language support are reported to be of crucial importance in the review.