Title :
MOOCs: The paradigm-shift in Indian education
Author :
Singh, Praveen Kumar ; Gandhi, Ishan ; Nand, Pradyumn
Author_Institution :
Ubinext Software, New Delhi, India
Abstract :
MOOCs or Massive open online courses are the new paradigm shifter in the Indian as well as the global education system. It eases the flow of knowledge and information, readily available at a click of a button. This research is to understand the role of MOOCs in the Indian education scenario as well as to get an insight of what the enduser of the online course thinks, it also gives us a perception of the end-user.
Keywords :
courseware; educational courses; human factors; Indian education sys tem; MOOCS; end-user perception; global education system; information flow; knowledge flow; massive-open online courses; paradigm-shift; Conferences; Educational institutions; Internet; Streaming media; Training; Videos; MOOCs; MOOCs in India; NPTEL; User perception of MOOCs;
Conference_Titel :
MOOC, Innovation and Technology in Education (MITE), 2014 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Patiala
DOI :
10.1109/MITE.2014.7020295
