There are thousands of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) available for English language learning on various platforms. The researcher analyzed MOOCs on SWAYAM, edX, Coursera, and Udemy and found the largest number on Udemy, with over 11,000 courses. Most MOOCs are free to join but some provide certificates for a fee. The courses have different time commitments, from a few weeks to over a year. They commonly include e-learning content, tutorials, quizzes and discussion forums. The researcher addressed the research objectives of identifying MOOCs for English language learning and analyzing their features.

1. MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES FOR
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING
Ms Disha P Kariya
MA Semester IV
Department of Languages (English)
Bhakta Kavi Narsinh Mehta University Junagadh

2. • English
language
learning
• Massive Open
Online Courses
• MOOCs for
English
language
learning

3. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Massive open online courses on health and medicine by
Tharindu Rekha Liyanagunawardena, Shirley Ann Williams
Instructional quality of massive open online courses (MOOCs)
by Anoush Margaryan, Manuela Bianco, Allison Littlejohn

4. MOOCs for foreign language learning: An effort to
explore and evaluate the first practices by Maria
Perifanou, Anastasios Economides
Introduction. Language MOOCs: an Emerging Field by
Elena Bárcena, Elena Martín-Monje
In search of quality: Using quality matters to analyze the
quality of massive, open, online courses (MOOCs) by
Patrick R Lowenthal, Charles B Hodges

5. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
To find out Massive Open Online Courses available for
English language learning
To analyse the features of MOOCs available for English
Language Learning

6. RESEARCH DESIGN
 Research Method:
Critical Qualitative method
Selected platforms of MOOCs:
Swayam Edx Coursera Udemy
 Use of Class Central and MOOC List
Procedure of the Study

8. MOOCS AVAILABLE FOR ENGLISH
LANGUAGE LEARNING
MOOCs Available for English Language Learning
Swayam 5
Edx 15
Coursera 790
Udemy 11 794
Total 12 604

10. MOOCS ON SWAYAM
 Free to join and learn
 Duration of courses: six weeks to
twenty four weeks
 No self paced course available
 Providers: NPTEL, CEC, and NIOS
 Course certificate:
Pass the proctored online exam
Pay ₹1000 Fee
Swayam
Level Courses
Available
School 2
Undergradua
te
2
Postgraduate 1
Total 5

12. MOOCS ON EDX
Courses are free to join and
learn
Paid certificate
Time Duration: 3 weeks to 35
weeks
three to four hours of efforts
per week
No self paced course
Edx
Level Courses
Available
Introductor
y
10
Intermediat
e
5
Total 15

14. MOOCS ON COURSERA
All the courses are paid
The time duration of the
courses is different from
course to course.
Coursera
Level Courses
Available
Beginner 259
Intermediat
e
254
Advanced 45
Mixed 232

16. MOOCS ON UDEMY
Maximum number of
courses
No self paced course
available
Courses: free and paid
Udemy
Level Pai
d
Free Duration Total
0-2
Hours
3-6
Hours
7-16
Hours
17 +
Hours
Beginner 5183 569 3199 1552 841 160 5752
Intermediat
e
2540 167 1457 798 398 54 5707
Expert 326 9 136 126 66 7 335
Total 8049 745 4792 2471 1305 221 11 794

17. COMMON FEATURES
E content
E tutorials
Quiz
Discussion Forum

18. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
 There are a large number of MOOCs available for English language learning
on selected platforms.
 Majority of the MOOCs are free to learn for the learners.
 The common requirements in all the MOOCs are basic knowledge of
English, ziet to learn, and internet connectivity.
 Udemy is the biggest platform for English language learning as it provides
highest number of MOOCs for English language learning.

19. ADDRESS TO RESEARCH OBJECTIVES
To find out Massive Open Online Courses available for
English language learning
Researcher has found that there are thousands of MOOCs available for
English language learning.
To analyse the features of MOOCs available for English
Language Learning
Researcher has analysed different features like time duration, charges, level
of learners, efforts required every week, and availability of certificate.

20. CONCLUSION
A large number of MOOCs available for English
language learning
Mostly free to join and learn
Certificate courses
Udemy offers maximum courses

21. SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FURTHER
RESEARCH
Further research can be done
 To find out the MOOCs available for English Literature.
 To know the learners attitude towards learning English language through
MOOCs.

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