1. Status of MOOCs in Pakistan: Optimism and Concerns
Dr. Sajid Iqbal
Department of Mechatronics and Control Engineering
University of Engineering and Technology (UET), Lahore.
Pakistan.

2. United Nations (UN) has listed education among its millennium development goals (MDGs).
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Dr. Richard Smalley cataloged education and population as the top ten problems, which humanity will be facing over the next 50 years.

3. In 2050, Pakistan will become the 6th largest nation in the world by population.
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4. Macmillan Dictionary defined a MOOC as, “a course of study offered over the Internet which is free and has a very large number of participants” MOOCs have generated a paradigm shift in online education by presenting free high-quality education to anyone, anywhere with Internet access.
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5. Enrollment quickly reached 160,000 students from 190 countries; only 23,000 finished it. Since 2012, MOOCs got attention of the universities, media, and entrepreneurs.
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2012: Times year of the MOOC

6. According to IEEE CS 2022 report, MOOCs are amongst top ten technologies that could change the world by 2022.
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7. More than 35 million people have themselves enrolled in MOOCs, and 2015 enrollments figures are twice higher than that of 2014.
Since the format of MOOCs typically removes the need for prerequisites so there are no formal entry requirements. Read slide.
1800 new courses have been announced, taking the total number of courses to 4200 from over 550 universities in 2015.

8. The advent of MOOCs may seem abrupt, but they are the next stage in the development of Open Educational Resources (OERs).
Read slide……..…..From open Learning Objects (LOs), the Open Educational Resources (OERs) evolved into Open Course Ware (OCW) and now grown into MOOCs……More and more universities are joining this “Open Learning Movement”.

9. Some MOOC platforms are:
Google Course Builder
Major MOOC providers are Coursera, edX and Udacity.
OER University
Class2Go

10. The AIOU is the first in the country, adopting the MOOCs
Launched in May 1974, AIOU is the first Open University in Asia (as well as Africa) and second in the world.
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The AIOU is the first in the country, adopting the MOOCs
system which has emerged as a popular mode of learning
worldwide.

11. Fig. illustrates the layout of LEJ Knowledge Hub.
Since the format of MOOCs typically removes the need for prerequisites so there are no formal entry requirements. Read slide.

12. VU is noted for its on-line lectures and rigorous programs.
VU is Pakistan’s first University based completely on up-to-date Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).
VU is noted for its on-line lectures and rigorous programs.
Since the format of MOOCs typically removes the need for prerequisites so there are no formal entry requirements. Read slide.

13. Fig. shows survey results.
Since the format of MOOCs typically removes the need for prerequisites so there are no formal entry requirements. Read slide.

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