Author(s)

Ghazali Zainuddin¹, Mohd Shahrul Nizam Danuri², Adnan Mat Ali¹, Mohammad Imran Ahmad¹, Nor Effendy Ahmad Sokri³, Mohammad Najib Jaffar⁴, Siti Rosilawati Ramlan⁴, Khairu Barieyah Anshar¹, Irwan Mahazir Ismail⁵, Harwati Hashim^6*

¹Faculty of Islamic Civilisation Studies, Kolej Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Selangor (KUIS), Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
²Faculty of Information Sciences and Technology, KUIS, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
³Matriculation Centre, KUIS, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
⁴Faculty of Major Language Studies, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Bandar Baru Nilai, Malaysia.
⁵Centre for Instructional Technology and Multimedia, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia.
⁶Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia.

Massive open online course (MOOC) is an online learning tool, especially for distance learning. It has attracted a great deal of attention by higher education institution around the globe. It also gave rise to academic discussion on MOOC impact, design and research. However, researches on MOOC’s impact on language learning are still lacking. Therefore, this study aims to assess the research trend in MOOC for language learning around the globe by using the Systematic Literature Review approach from three databases within periods 2013 until 2018. Ten full assessed articles have been selected from ScienceDirect, ERIC and Research gate. The major findings show that the English language has dominated in language learning using MOOC. It is also revealed that MOOC has the potential to enhance language learning among students in other languages.

MOOC, Language Learning, Distance Learning, Systematic Literature Review

Zainuddin, G. , Danuri, M. , Ali, A. , Ahmad, M. , Sokri, N. , Jaffar, M. , Ramlan, S. , Anshar, K. , Ismail, I. and Hashim, H. (2019) A Systematic Literature Review on Massive Open Online Course for Language Learning. Creative Education, 10, 3195-3204. doi: 10.4236/ce.2019.1012243.