The Performance of Business School Student using Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM)

Abstract

Over the years, there has been a tremendous growth in online social networking which contributed to the revolution of higher education's learning environment. MOOCs is recognized to be a current evolvement in higher learning institution in Malaysia with the aim to provide quality education for the students. However, there are some challenges to identify the main factors that contribute to student performance enhancement in teaching and learning. Therefore, this study was intended to find out performance of business school students using MOOCs at Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM). A survey was conducted with 353 students from Faculty of Technology Management and Technopreneurship (FPTT), while multiple regression was employed to analyse the relationship between learning environments and students' performance enhancement in teaching and learning. This study will be beneficial to the students to find out the learning content of MOOCs that influence students' performance in the university. Hence, indirectly improve their learning style in the era of technology. Besides, MOOCs learning is important because students can implement the blended learning in their job environment, consequently improve their skills and knowledge. With this blended learning technology, it can increase the students' attraction toward study and decrease the number of unemployment rate in Malaysia.