Anyone anytime anywhere: A case study of MOOC readiness among higher education students

Pages: 933-937
Renu Yadav and Gowhar Rashid Ganie (Department of Education, Central University of Haryana, Jant-Pali, Mahendragarh, Haryana)

The evolution of technology revolutionized the whole world. The slogan of 3R- reading, writing and arithmetic changed to 3A- Anyone, Anywhere and Anytime. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are gaining very much popularity all over the world as providing the learning opportunities to hundreds of thousands of learners of their interest area. India’s higher educational institutions are planning to offer these massive online courses to their students through blended learning approach. In this context, it is very much important to explore student’s readiness (preparedness) for taking this opportunity. The present study explored the readiness of university students towards Massive Open Online Courses. This is a case study of Central University of Haryana, Mohendargarh. Readiness basically here means the minimum essential requirements necessary for MOOC learning. The study is descriptive-survey based in nature. A questionnaire was administered to 100 post graduation students of Central university of Haryana, who were selected through random sampling procedure. Data was collected from the selected respondents and analyzed by using frequency rate and percentage method. Results of the study showed that there is a lack of readiness among students towards successful learning of MOOCs. The study also provided the recommendations for improving the readiness for MOOC learning among students.