EFL Students' Satisfaction with the College English Education in the MOOC: An Empirical Study

The College English course has already become an essential part of the higher education in China. MOOC, as the most advanced teaching mode, has attracted the attention from educators. Since students are the subjects and beneficiaries of the course, it is important to research on students' satisfaction with the College English course based on the MOOC. This research investigates students' satisfaction with the College English course in the MOOC from dimensions of teacher, course, interaction and learner. In this study, 125 undergraduates taking the College English course in D University were selected. Questionnaire surveys and interviews were conducted according to students' satisfaction. The study shows that students were generally satisfied with the College English course in the MOOC environment. Students' most satisfaction was founded in the course dimension, whereas the least satisfaction in the learner dimension. This study proves the significance of students' satisfaction to the improvement and reform of the College English course and proposes suggestions for the improvement of the College English course quality based on MOOC. This research paper was partially adopted from the graduation thesis.