The Potential and Readiness of Tallinn University to Establish Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)

Abstract

This study explores the potential and readiness of Tallinn University (TLU) to establish MOOCs and focuses on the expectations and perceptions of students and academic staff of TLU. The qualitative methodology was used and the focus group interview and face-to-face interview were applied as data collection techniques. The results of the study indicated that both students and academic staff of TLU had positive attitude in spite of some deficiencies and constraints of MOOCs. In addition, it seems that TLU has good resources and potential in developing MOOCs.