MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) have come up very fast in last few years. Review of these developments are in this slide deck.

1. MOOCs (Massive Online Open Courses)
Technogogy
Sanjay Kulkarni

2. ●
Objective:
Participants will be able to list at least five Indian websites devoted to
online learning/courses and assess their relevance to the Indian higher
education students and teachers.
MOOCs (Massive Online Open Courses)

3. Essential Reading
● Harward and MIT First year of MOOCS.pdf
● MOOCs-and-Open-Education.pdf
● Blended Learning in Indian Colleges.pdf

4. ●
What & Why MOOCs
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Types of MOOCs
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Registered users behavior
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Indian Scenario
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Benefits
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Challenges
Agenda

5. ●
What is MOOCs?
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Why MOOCs?
Is MOOCs relevant?

6. Types of MOOCs
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CMOOCs
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xMOOCs

7. cMOOCs
(C for 'Connectivity', the education theory that inspired them) run on
open source learning platforms and are led by academics as part of
their institute activity. Their pedagogical model is peer learning.
Example: Social Learning Platform

8. cMOOCs Principles
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Diversity : Learning is person and hence no formal curriculum
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Interactivity:Tools used and varied contents
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Open-ness: In terms of access, contents and assessment
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Autonomy of the learner: Collaborative learning

9. cMOOCs design practices
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Use of social media
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Participant driven contents
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Distributed communication
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No formal assessment

10. xMOOCs
Online versions of traditional learning formats (lecture, instruction,
discussion etc.) on proprietary specialist software platforms owned by
private enterprises. They feature contractual and commercial
relationship between Universities who create content, and technology
providers.
Examples: Coresera, edX, Udemy, Pluralsight etc.

11. xMOOCs features
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Specially designed platform software
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Video lectures
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Computer marked assessments
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Peer assessments
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Supporting materials
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Discussion forum
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No or light moderation
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Badge or certification

12. Evolution of Open Learning

13. Source: Wikipedia.com

14. MOOCS Major players
Details edX Coursera Udacity
No. of Users
(in Thousands)
600 1900 400
No. of Universities 6 33
No School
Affiliation
No. of courses offered 24 215 22

16. Usage by registered users
Only Registered
Only
Viewed
Certified
Only
Explored
Explored

17. Registrations by Countries

18. Non English MOOCs
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Prominently in English Language
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Khan Academy converting contents in Spanish
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Coursera and edX are busy developing courses in Chinese
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CDAC is coming up technology courses learning in regional languages

19. India Story
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Late entrant
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Government Initiatives
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Swayam
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IGNOU
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No Major private (non Profit) initiative

20. Learning through Massive Open Online Courses
will enable in all Indians who want to learn, earn,
teach or innovate, the capability to realize their true
potential and transform our country.

21. Potential Applications
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Formal Sectors
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SPOC In University Education
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SPOC in Polytechnics
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MOOCs in traditional higher education
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Non Formal Sectors
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Professional Development MOOCs
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Government Personnel training MOOCs
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Language, Communication skills MOOCs
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Teacher Education MOOCs
*SPOC- Small Private Online Courses

22. I am Mrs. Sapna Gopalan. I work as an Inspector in Central Excise
and Customs. My key responsibilities include generating reports on
duty collection, number of show cause notices issued, top 100
service providers, top 10 exports and imports. I have observed that
there is a tremendous shortage of manpower in the department and
there is improper distribution of work. I am required to put up several
reports online and send them to higher off icials. I am required to
trace non income tax f ilers and penalize them. But there is no training
provided to us on software that help us trace these persons. I see
MOOCs as an eff icient means to take courses and specialise in the
Customs department systems and processes and be more effective
in my job.

23. Major Indian MOOCs
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GIAN (Global Initiative for Academic Networks)
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SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds)
● SAKSHAT http://www.sakshat.ac.in/
Repositories of e-Content; For research students and others
● Class Central https://www.class-central.com/
● India MOOCs. https://indiamoocs.wordpress.com
A place for school going kids.

24. Major Indian MOOCs
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IGNOU
● EGyanKosh: (http://www.egyankosh.ac.in/)
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IGNOU virtual class room
● IGNOU MOOCS : (http://moocs.ignourcd2.ac.in/)
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iLearn component of the Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning
(SCDL): http://www.scdl.net/I-learn.aspx

25. Course Execution
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Evaluate assignments
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Certification
Design & Development
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Develop the course
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Launch the course
Architect
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Course Structure
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Author identification
Conceptualize
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Needs Analysis
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Course Planning
Activities Involved

26. Benefits of MOOCs
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Scale up Learning
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Repeatability with the same effect
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Knowledge sharing without boundaries
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Collaborative learning
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Learning for the purpose (not for certification)

27. Challenges
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User-generated content can create chaotic learning environment
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Digital literacy is necessary to make use of the online materials
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The time and effort required from participants may exceed what
students are willing to commit to a free online course
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Once the course is released, content will be reshaped and
reinterpreted by the massive student body, making the course
trajectory difficult for instructors to control
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Participants must self-regulate and set their own goals

28. Recap
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What & Why MOOCS
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Registered users behavior
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Types of MOOCS
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Indian Scenario
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Benefits
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Challenges

29. The end
Sanjay Kulkarni
Email sana_jay@hotmail.com
Phone +91-9561096416