• DocumentCode
    239820
  • Title

    MOOCs: The paradigm-shift in Indian education

  • Author

    Singh, Praveen Kumar ; Gandhi, Ishan ; Nand, Pradyumn

  • Author_Institution
    Ubinext Software, New Delhi, India
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    19-20 Dec. 2014
  • Firstpage
    317
  • Lastpage
    320
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    MOOC, Innovation and Technology in Education (MITE), 2014 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Patiala
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/MITE.2014.7020295
  • Filename
    7020295