A Study on Impact of Massive Online Courses in Expanding the Skills Among Youths

EasyChair Preprint 5423

Abstract

A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web. E-education or online education is changing the way we approach teaching and learning. Online education in its various ways has been growing steadily worldwide due to the union of new technologies, the Internet, and intensifying demand for a workforce trained periodically for the evolving digital economy. As information and communication technologies have kept advancing, online education has become more feasible technologically, economically, and operationally. Information technology has been influencing almost all aspects of our lives: the way we work, interact with others, share information, entertain and educate ourselves.  This paper study on the objectivises to give a brief survey study on how Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) is expanding the skills among youths.  To understand the impacts of Massive Online Courses. To understand the ways the youth can use this to increase their outlook for jobs and status in the society  The study also is in progress to comprehend the ways Covid-19 and Lockdown has changed the inheritance of skills that were at one time only through one-one teaching or could ‘only’ be self taught.  To understand the Discussion over Traditional Way of Skill Teaching and Online Learning. The purpose of this paper therefore is to shed light on our youth’s skills, employability and the use of MOOCs to provide flexible and affordable learning opportunities to students and graduates. The methodology of the study includes the data collected by quantitative random sampling method, with questionnaire submitted to the youths and teachers through online platforms.

Keyphrases: e-courses, e-learning, knowledge, online learning, skills

@booklet{EasyChair:5423,
  author    = {Reshma Uday Kumar and Afrah Mohammed Erfan},
  title     = {A Study on Impact of Massive Online Courses in Expanding the Skills Among Youths},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 5423},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2021}}