An Investigation of Students’ Perspectives on Flipped Classroom Method as a Type of Blended MOOC Model at the Department of English Language Teaching at Eastern Mediterranean University

Nowadays, learning methods are changing rapidly with growing technology. Over the recent years, MOOC plays an important role in e-learning and higher-education because it can create opportunities for thousands of students to participate in free higher-education online. In online pedagogy, MOOC are recent phenomena beginning in 2008. Since that early beginning, MOOCs developed rapidly, becoming a global phenomenon. In this research, the researcher investigated the researcher will investigate the flipped classroom as the most important part of blended MOOC model. This research will find out the existing problems and advantages by using flipped classroom method. Solving the problems can enhance the efficiency of instruction and it will help students to have a better learning experiences. It might increase students‟ motivation, active participation and success in their courses.