Factors Affecting the Effective Implementation of MOOCs in India

Abstract

Purpose: India is the country with second largest population in the world (approximately 1.38 billion) with the population density of 460 per kilometer square. It is considered as the youngest nation as 93% of population is between the age of 18 years and 39 years. There exists a scarcity of limited educational resources like infrastructure (number of institution), number of teachers, and quality of education to satisfy such a huge population. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) provides the answers too many of the challenges present due to limited economic resources. As India has the second largest internet users after USA, it is quite possible to stretch and enhance its possibilities in the direction of MOOC to get the maximum gain from the latest way of learning. The purpose of the present study is to get the insight about the factors affecting the effective implementation of MOOC and online education in India.

Design/Methodology/Approach: The factors that affect the effective implementation of MOOC were identified and then a model on the basis of identified factors for the effective implementation of MOOC was built. The conceptual framework is tested and modeled using the structure equation modeling.

Findings: The trend on MOOC is eminent, as per KPMG report (2018) it will become 1.96 million dollar industry in India within next two years. The government initiative on the MOOC has been implemented with two of the biggest initiated platforms, NPTEL and SWAYAM but the factors that lead to their effectiveness are yet to be identified. The statistical model is built for effective implementation of MOOC in India.

Originality Value: The present model provides the three dimensions that are required for the effective implementation of such courses.

Paper Type: Empirical Research Paper