Effectiveness of blended MOOC in legal studies for construction course.

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is designed to universalise education, bringing many benefits. However, one of the weaknesses of MOOC is that it lacks human touch as learners mainly interact with the content instead. Various research has been done where MOOC is incorporated into a blended learning strategy (bMOOC). However, there is a lack of research in determining the effectiveness of each MOOC component in a blended learning course. Hence, this study looks into the effectiveness of bMOOC design and how the bMOOC components help learners understand the course better. The paper defines bMOOC, its types, models and bMOOC components. The course Legal Studies in Construction (CMA443) was selected. A survey of Construction Management students who had undergone the bMOOC was done to determine the effectiveness of the bMOOC in helping them master the subject. The result indicates a positive effect of bMOOC among the learners. It is found that the MOOC design complies with the Blended Learning requirements. Meanwhile, face-to-face interaction increases learners' engagement. The finding of this study highlighted the importance of the bMOOC guideline. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]