Abstract—The purpose of this research was to develop the
Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) model: Muslim way of
life in food consumption to promote cultural understanding of
undergraduate students. The aims of this research were:
1) to develop the MOOC model: Muslim way of life in food
consumption to promote cultural understanding of
undergraduate students, 2) to study the cultural understanding
after studying with the MOOC model: Muslim way of life in
food consumption to promote cultural understanding of
undergraduate students, and 3) to study the students’
satisfaction with the MOOC model: Muslim way of life in food
consumption to promote cultural understanding of
undergraduate students. The sample consisted of 227 students
of private and public universities in five southernmost
provinces of Thailand.
The findings revealed as follows: 1) MOOC model: Muslim
way of life in food consumption to promote cultural
understanding of undergraduate students consisted four
components: Content resources, Development and delivery
tools resources, Implementation resources and Evaluation, 2)
There was significant differences between pretest and posttest
of cultural understanding scores of higher students at .05 level,
and 3) the students’ satisfaction was ranked at highest level.
Index Terms—Massive open online course, Muslim way of
life in food consumption, cultural understanding.
The authors are with the Department of Educational Technology, Faculty
of Education, and Research Center for Educational Innovations and
Teaching and Learning Excellence, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand
(e-mail: ophat.k@psu.ac.th, vassan.a@psu.ac.th, kittisak.n@psu.ac.th).
Cite: Ophat Kaosaiyaporn, Wasant Atisabda, and Kittisak Na Patthalung, "Development of Massive Open Online Course Model: Muslim Way of Life in Food Consumption to Promote Cultural Understanding of Undergraduate Students," International Journal of Information and Education Technology vol. 8, no. 10, pp. 754-758, 2018.