Examining the Effectiveness of the Educational System of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) On Teaching Arabic in Girl’s High Schools of Ahvaz City

dirasat faeaaliat albarnamaj altaelimii lilhadayiq alkubraa almaftuhat eabr al'iintirnit (MOOCs) fi tadris allughat alearabiat fi almadaris althaanawiat aleamat fi madinat al'ahwaz

Abstract

In the Internet world, due to being free and completely identical educational structure with real academic and institutional education, MOOCs have been one of the most massive online learning methods in the last four years. The popularity of MOOC is attributed to the media focusing on it and its related subjects being presented by the best schools and universities in the world. The present paper examined the impact of MOOCs on Arabic teaching in high schools of Ahvaz city. To this end, the quasi-experimental method was used by two experimental (30 individuals) and control (30 individuals) groups to examine three effectiveness aspects on comprehension and translation, grammar, and the total grade of the Arabic language. After holding three-month class in two traditional and MOOCs methods and one month after the ending of the class as follow-up, the result of the study showed that this method with significant level of P<0.05 did not have effect on the improvement of comprehension and translation skill of students but had significant positive influence on grammar skill of students; and finally, it had considering effect on the total grade of Arabic of female students of Ahvaz city.