DO LMOOCS SUPPORT SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION? MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES AND IMPROVING STUDENTS' ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY

Abstract The relationship between Learning Language Skills and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) has gained notable strength and popularity in recent years as educational institutions, academics, and policymakers shifted special attention to online education, in general, and to acquiring individual skills. This worldwide shift to Language Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) at both the school and university levels has become an effective educational vehicle that later attracted non-traditional learners of a second language. As far as learning language skills an individual is concerned, experts in educational policymakers across the globe, encompassing different cultures, argue that learners of language have a strong desire to acquire knowledge of the English language or individual skills through MOOCs. Therefore, this study offers documentation of the effects of MOOCs on Improving English Language Skills through LMOOCs: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. This study focuses on MOOCs' linguistic effects/importance through supplementary images (slides), audio, and video to improve individual English skills.