Mooc presentation rusa
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NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN
HIGHER EDUCATION
MOOCs and Higher Education in India: prospective in Himachal Pradesh
by
B.S. Negi
Deepak Jois
Viveik Mohan Saigal
Definition
•MOOC:
A course of study made available over the Internet without charge to a very large number of people.
Oxford Dictionary
How Education is being recreated
The Internet can offer incredible opportunities for users interested in
• building their own career path
• improving their knowledge in a specific field
• or even get expertise in a totally different area
Who is involved ? • COURSERA
• 147 partners
• across 29
countries
• offering
1,876 courses
Size
Where ?
Indian Efforts
access, equity and quality
Challenges in Indian Education
Formal Higher Education
• 2000 28 lakh
• 2016 2 crore
• 2030 5 crore
Vocational Training
2022 15 crore
Shortage of Faculty
• 3.8 lakh currently.
• To grow to 13 lakh within 8-10 years
Challenges for MOOCs • University approval.
• Upgraded Technical and other infrastructure.
• Students enrolling to MOOCs.
• Awareness of MOOC’s needs to be spread appropriately using the social media sites, blogs along with traditional methods.
• Evaluation Mechanism.
Himachal Pradesh has 89.97% of the
population living in the Rural areas.
About 17% of the Internet connections are
classified as broadband capable of handling
MOOC streaming and downloads.
Local Delivery
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