DEVELOPMENT OF MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES (MOOCS) IN INDIA
Keywords:
Education, Online Courses, Internet, Digital, Students, Universities, Technology, MOOC, Platform, Govt., Mobile App, Teaching, Content, SWAYAM, NPTEL, e-Pathshala, etc.Abstract
Since ancient times, education has undergone an unprecedented change. Today, technology is playing a vital role in changing the entire delivery of education. As a latest development, MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are emerging all over the world. MOOCs have been flourished massively in the last few years to sharpen the various skills of youths. MOOCs consists a web-based platform which provides distance education to unlimited number of learners worldwide. The learners from diverse geographical areas, academic backgrounds and profession pursuits get benefit of it. Today, after US, India is the second largest user country of MOOCs. Latest, NEP 2020 set target of achieving 50% GER (Gross Enrolment Ratio) in Higher Education by the year 2035 with the help of MOOCs offered by SWAYAM. UGC Regulation 2021, aims to facilitate multidisplinary institutions to offer 40% of their courses in a semester through online mode of learning.
