Dislike a subject? Soon, you might be able to opt out, enrol for paper elsewhere

MU awaits academic council nod to introduce Massive Open Online Courses scheme; on completion of paper, the credits students are awarded from other varsity will be included in their course result here.

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The university has now proposed to incorporate MOOCs under the CBCS scheme where students can opt for a subject of their choice in any foreign college/university.

Eighteen-year old Namita Sheshadri, who dislikes Mathematics, can now learn music from Boston-based Berklee College of Music as one of her subjects, while pursuing her Bachelor of Commerce from a Mumbai University (MU) affiliated college. Awaiting a go-ahead from its Academic Council (AC) next month, MU has proposed to introduce Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS) under its Choice-Based Credit System (CBCS).

Under the CBCS scheme, students can discontinue one of the subjects they do not like from their course and opt for a different subject in another department or college, however, their credits will be included in their final result.
The university has now proposed to incorporate MOOCs under the CBCS scheme where students can opt for a subject of their choice in any foreign college/ university.

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“Termed as a global education revolution, MOOCs will enable students to opt for courses at reputed universities and colleges abroad while sitting here in Mumbai. Courses under MOOCs provide interactive learning content online to any individual, anywhere in the world for free. The lectures are delivered in video files and students can watch them at their convenience. Students can also participate in interactive quizzes, short video lectures, open forum discussions and assignments,” said Madhu Nair, dean of commerce faculty of MU who proposed the concept to the university.
IIT-Bombay, IIT-Chennai and Delhi University have started offering courses under MOOCs. According to experts, India is the second biggest market for MOOCs after the US.

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Nair said, “MOOCs is easy as one has to just sign up for a course/ subject which could stretch over a duration of 12 to 15 weeks and dedicate a certain number of hours of study per week as per their convenience. Once they complete the course, the credits they are awarded will be included in their course result at the university. If one fails in the course under MOOCs, then that will affect the credits.”

The proposal was discussed in the academic council held on Friday.

“The council members have accepted the proposal in principle and the documents pertaining to the proposal, including an official circular, will be tabled in the next meeting that will be held in June. As soon as the council members give a go-ahead, the circular will be uploaded on the university website,” added Nair.

dipti.singh@expressindia.com

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