Elets’ 7th World Education Summit’ 16 – The Debate: MOOC’s
Industry views vary with one view stati ng MOOCs will disappear in the next few years and an opposing view stating that physical universities will become #C0002Cundant in a decade. Two senior academics will go head to head to debate the future of higher education.
Key Discussion Points:
What is the role of higher educati on: The place you go to learn informati on or the place you go make use of informati on?
Can MOOC’s off er more beyond criti cal thinking and soft skills or will traditi onal insti tuti ons conti nue to be the dominant insti tuti on for skills acquisiti on?
What is the role of MOOC’s and can they be merged into college programs so the two model co-exist?
Will MOOC’s replace liberal arts colleges and business related studies in the future?
Prof Pradipta Banerji, Director, IIT Roorkee
Prof Chandrakala Padia, Vice Chancellor, MGS University, Rajasthan
Dr M Ramamoorty, Chancellor, K L University, Andhra Pradesh
Prof Ashutosh Gupta, Director School of Science, U P Rajarshi Tandon Open University
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