TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE OF MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE (MOOC) AMONG STUDENTS AT PUBLIC UNIVERSITY: A PILOT STUDY

Abstract

The use of Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) has been widely spread, especially at a higher learning institution. Nowadays, MOOC has been used broadly as online learning and e-learning method that act as a tool in teaching and learning. As technology growth the process of teaching and learning can be achieved by using a variety of tools to enhance the learning process, especially as we move to Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0). MOOC also can promote educational information, autonomous learning and lifelong learning. This pilot study attempted to observe the elements that influenced the behavioural intention to use MOOC technology among students at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) in their teaching and learning. The instrument used is a survey questionnaires and then data are collected and analysed. The descriptive analysis, then presented by using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). This research is a basic finding in term of pre-test study where a set of questionnaires were distributed to students that had used MOOC in one or more courses. The Cronbach Alpha test for all items in the construct used in this study has been conducted. The results show that all items were in the high reliability, which is in the range of 0.8 until 0.9.