27May 2019

ROLE OF MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES IN INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM.

  • Associate Professor, Faculty of Computer Applications Manav Rachna Internatonal Institute of Research and Studies, Faridabad.
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Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have emerged as one of the most potential tool to support quality education and provide training to huge domain of audience worldwide. It reaches to mass of learners, scholars, scientists, professors, teachers and different stakeholders related to education. Promulgate knowledge is available on an efficient digital platform, apart from interlinking a huge network of students. In this paper, features of MOOC courses have been analyzed. Competitiveness of MOOC platforms is studied and quality of content and instructional design issues has been discussed. Some key issues related to MOOCs considering Higher Education system and its utilization by potential education market of India have been discussed. The author has also tried to suggest several possible way outs to implement in virtual learning environment pertaining to an Indian perspective. This article will give a necessary overview of what MOOCs are, how they execute, and some of their advantages and limitations.

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[Sonal Pathak. (2019); ROLE OF MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES IN INDIAN EDUCATION SYSTEM. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 7 (May). 1134-1140] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Dr. Sonal Pathak
Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Faridabad

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/9144      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/9144

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