Shanta Rangaswamy, Ramakanth Kumar P
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering Bengaluru, India.
Uma B.V
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering Bengaluru, India.
Subramanya KN
Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Rashtreeya Vidyalaya College of Engineering Bengaluru, India.
MOOCs-The way to go
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Abstract
MOOCs plays a vital role in transforming higher education across the globe. Today, providing an access to higher education to people of all sectors is the highest priority in all the developed and developing countries. Currently many universities in developed countries are able to get to the top rankings (by various agencies) because of their high education standards, flexibility in the education system, curriculum and outreach programmes. By this they are able to attract the best brains from across the globe. MOOCs helps them to attain this to a greater extent apart from the policy matters. In this paper, cumulative
data of three consecutive years of a NPTEL local chapter and of courses in Coursera taken during the peak pandemic duration is taken in to consideration for the analysis of trends and popularity of MOOCs among students and faculty fraternity in a technical institution.