MOOC in the Arab world: a case study

Alshahrani, Khalid; Ally, Mohamed

MOOC in the Arab world: a case study

Type

Book Chapter

Authors

Alshahrani, Khalid
Ally, Mohamed

KAUST Department

Advanced Engagement & Support
National Academic Talent Development Program (NATDP), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia

Date

2016-07-01

Abstract

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have been spreading and receiving attention worldwide in the last few years. Universities mainly in the USA led the trend in distributing online courses to interested students across the globe. The Middle East is no exception. Recently, the MOOC movement started to gain some popularity in this region. The end of year 2013 witnessed the beginning of the first Arabic MOOC in the Arab World, namely Rwaq. What makes this initiative unique is that the course content is in Arabic, and presented by Arab lecturers to Arabic-speaking students.

Citation

MOOC in the Arab world: a case study. (2016) In: Transforming Education in the Gulf Region. Available: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781317220398/chapters/10.4324%2F9781315621586-22.