MOOCS: A SOLUTION OF LEGAL LITERATION FOR INDONESIAN MIGRANT WORKERS

Abstract

Indonesian migrant workers (PMI), as Indonesia's foreign exchange heroes, require guarantees of rights, opportunities, and protection from discrimination in the implementation of employment in their host country. The implementation of PMI work in the country of employment is hampered by several legal challenges. According to data from the Indonesia Migrant Workers Protection Agency (BP2MI), the total number of PMI placements from 2024 to June 2024 was 160,496 people, with 763 complaints. PMI's legal troubles arise from a lack of legal awareness in the country of employment. Legal literacy is required for providing practical understanding about recruiting, rights and obligations, living conditions, labour, and the cultural context of the employer's home country, as well as legal aid available in the country of employment. PMI offers legal literacy classes beginning with pre-employment and progressing through pre-departure, post-arrival, repatriation, and reintegration. The present reality is that PMI still requires information to assist with adaptation in the country of employment. This is exacerbated by a lack of information for non-procedural migrant workers who wish to work without a work visa. The lack of knowledge is what leads to many legal issues for migrant workers in the country where they work.  Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are a revolution in the world of education. MOOCs exist to provide new learning methods and chances for potential learners to participate in learning. The widespread availability of MOOCs provides several chances for migrant workers dispersed throughout Indonesia and their home country, without regard for age, time, profession, and distance. Document review, focus group discussions, and a 'test-trial' will be used in methods. All information will be sourced from training materials, PMI Legal Literacy trial results, and the MOOCS transmission mechanism. The FGD segment will include material developers and MOOCs-related reviewers in the content preparation process.