Author(s)

Marwan H. Sallam^1,2

¹Institute of Educational Technology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
²Faculty of Education, Ibb University, Ibb, Yemen.

This review paper reports the main Arab initiatives on the Open Online Education followed by Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in the Arab world. This paper provides a detailed description on the Rwaq and Edraak Platforms. The findings show that such platforms were not proposed inside the Arab universities, also indicated that the participation of Arab universities is still very weak in the movement of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).

MOOCs, Arab MOOCs, Open Online Education, Rwaq, Edraak

Sallam, M. (2017) A Review of MOOCs in the Arab World. Creative Education, 8, 564-573. doi: 10.4236/ce.2017.84044.