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PARIDNYA- The MIBM Research Journal

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Volume 6, Issue 1, September 2018

Massive Online Open Courses (Moocs) and Its Impact on Management Students

Published
2018-09-01

Abstract

As of 2017, there are over 80 million students online who use MOOCs. There are over 800 universities who provide at least one of their courses online. MOOC providers are also partnering with companies to launch courses. The total number of MOOCs stands at around 9400. Top 5 MOOC providers are Coursera, edX, XuetangX, Udacity, FutureLearn.

This paper tries to introduce MOOCs to people who don‟t know about it, and talk about its influence on management students. The paper will shed light on why a lot of students prefer MOOCs over traditional classrooms, their impact on management students, what they think about it, is it helpful with respect to employment opportunities and other aspects of MOOCs.

Keywords

  • MOOCs
  • Online Courses
  • Management Students.

How to Cite

Singh, M., & Nagwade, O. (2018). Massive Online Open Courses (Moocs) and Its Impact on Management Students. PARIDNYA- The MIBM Research Journal, 6(1), 81–91. Retrieved from http://www.mibmparidnya.in/index.php/PARIDNYA/article/view/132060

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