An Inclusive Analysis to Study Challenges in Building Student Retention Rate on MOOC Platforms – Technology in Education

From Individual Guides to a more diverse group and from varied expertise/domains to many podia of massive open online courses (MOOCs) now are most commonly readily available to access. Some of them even recommend pre-courses if required before commencing with the MOOC. Although India as a developing country leads involvement in MOOCs in Asia, some factors that could challenge the feasibility of MOOCs in India could include: the traditional mindset of examination, habit of attending classes for records, network, access to hardware due to economic constraints, diversity of languages, the habit of memory-based learning, low involvement in self/ research-based learning/ skill-based learning, ethnicity, the credibility of employability quotient after MOOC, (Rai and Chunrao) only collecting, storing data but also reading, lack of guidance on the utility of material, increased interest in Audio – Visual and ppt rather than reading, lack of face to face learning atmosphere, lack of hands-on experience, etc. However, research studies indicate that even where the resources were present, the willingness to learn using MOOCs was negligible. This study is based on primary data collected via random sampling method from 150 respondents [students and faculties]. The literature reviews help to understand that there have been studies in past but not much on the current crisis of pandemic. Thus, such a study would help to examine the student engagement on these diversifies MOOC platforms. This study is explorative in nature, which outcomes demonstrating challenges and probable solutions to the student engagement on MOOC platforms in Universities.