Feasibility of Mooc-based Curriculum in higher education (Case study: University of Mazandaran)

Mass online free courses as one of the latest educational technologies have caused fundamental changes at the level of various universities and are expanding rapidly. Mooc is one of those courses that has been recognized as a great revolution for the opportunity to reconsider teaching and learning in the information era. Therefore, the study was conducted at Mazandaran University with the aim of feasibility study of Mooc-based curriculum. The research design was quantitative and the research method was descriptive-survey. The statistical population included 386 faculty members of this university who according to Morgan table and based on stratified proportional sampling method, 181 people were selected as the sample. Data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire whose content validity was 0.83 and reliability was based on Cronbach's alpha coefficient above 0.92. The 48-item questionnaire was developed in the form of components of management contexts, technology (Internet, site and computer), manpower, goal, content, teaching-learning strategies and evaluation. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and in the inferential section and the data were analyzed using SPSS software version 21.The results showed that the management contexts, purpose, content, teaching strategies of learning, evaluation, human resources and to some extent technological are provided in Mazandaran University. In the field of technical infrastructure, in terms of the Internet, there are facilities to run the course, but in terms of site and computer, access to support experts, etc. is not easy. The results also showed that the management platform is in the first place for implementation and the technological platform (existence of site and computer) is in the last place.