Trying to make a case for providing MOOC Videos Offline in resource constrained environments like Himachal Pradesh

1. 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

2. Definition
•MOOC:
A course of study
made available over
the Internet without
charge to a very
large number of
people.
Oxford Dictionary

3. 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

4. Who is involved ? • COURSERA
• 147 partners
• across 29
countries
• offering
1,876 courses

5. Size

6. Where ?

7. Indian Efforts
access, equity and quality

8. 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

9. Challenges for MOOCs • University approval.
• UpgradedTechnical 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.

10. 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.

11. Local Delivery

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