Andrés Ramírez Gossler, Facundo Schinnea - eCommerce Day Chile 2024
MOOCs Past Present and Future in India
1. Massive Open Online Courses: Past,
Present, and Future in India
Ms. Disha P. Kariya
MA Semester IV
Department of English
Bhakta Kavi Narsinh Mehta University, Junagadh
2.
3. Review of Related Literature
Motivation to learn in massive open online courses: Examining
aspects of language and social engagement by Miri Barak,
Abeer Watted, Hossam Haick
Critical discussions on the Massive Open Online Course
(MOOC) in India and China by Sangeeta Trehan , Janesh
Sanzgiri and Chenxi Li, Rongsheng Wang, and Rakesh Mohan
Joshi
“Turn on, Tune in, Drop out”: Anticipating student dropouts in
Massive Open Online Courses by Diyi Yang, Tanmay Sinha,
David Adamson, and Carolyn Penstein Rose
4. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in Higher
Education – Unleashing the Potential in India by Parag
Chatterjee and Asoke Nath
MOOCs: Changing Trend Towards Open Distance
Learning with Special Reference to India by Faizul
Nisha* and V. Senthil
Present Status of Massive Open Online Course (MOOC)
initiatives for Open Education Systems in India – An
Analytical Study by Amit Kumar Das, Anamika Das and
Soumit Das
5. Objectives
To know the origin of Massive Open Online Courses
To know the present status of Massive Open Online
Courses in India
To know the future of Massive Open Online Courses in
India
8. Massive Open Online Courses: Past
Origin of MOOC: 2008, the term was coined by Dave
Cormier
2011: Stanford offered three free online courses
Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Enrollment over
160000 students participants
February 2012: Udacity: founded by Thrun
9. April 2012: Cousera: started by Andrew and Daphne
Non-profit edx with over 30 university partners
2012: The Year of MOOC
Swayam
. Announcement: August 2014
Launched: 15th August 2016
August 2016: Swayamprabha
10. Massive Open Online Courses: Present
MOOCs: effective tool to provide quality education in India
MOOCs Providers: Swayam, NPTEL, etc.
More than 1600 courses available
Response from learners across the nation
MOOCs as real game changers in higher education in India
11. Massive Open Online Courses: Future
Future is bright, boon for Indian education, will argument
the traditional education system in India
Benefits:
Quality material, experts lectures, self paced and
individualised learning, etc.
Challenges:
Lack of awareness , Lack of ICT tools and skills, Network
issues in remote areas, Lack of online learning habits
12. Summary of Findings
MOOC was emerged in India from 2014 onwards with the aim
of departing educational benefits to huge number of learners
with access, equity, and quality.
At present, MOOCs are developing gradually but effectively in
the field of higher education in India.
13. There are different challenges for MOOCs in India i.e. lack
of awareness, technical issues, and so on.
The future of MOOCs is very bright in India.
MOOCs will augment the University education in India in
terms of qualitative education.
14. Conclusion
MOOCs as real game changers in Indian education
system
Developing stage at present
Bright future of MOOCs in India
15. Suggestions for the Further Study
Further study can be done to know the reasons why drop
out ratio is high in MOOCs.
Further research can be pursued to know the benefits and
challenges of Massive Open Online Courses in India.
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