• Dr Madhuri Hooda

Abstract For a developing country, like India, having huge diversity with respect to language, religion, region etc., it has been a challenging task to provide its young talented and aspiring minds an easy access to higher education based on equity and quality. Traditional classroom setup has been found inadequate to meet out requirements of learners. In such a scenario, emergence of MOOCs and development of several online digital platforms in India is proving a game changer of institutions of Higher Education. The first phase of the study involved the design and development MOOCs for post graduate courses in Teacher Education Programme. The second phase comprised of evaluation of the effectiveness of MOOCs in blended mode over the traditional lecture method in Teacher Education Institutions in India and discussed how MOOCs thorough digital platform can provide a good alternate for traditional classroom setup. The third phase worked with the capacity Building of teachers by providing them training to design, develop and deliver MOOCs.

Key Terms: ICT based Pedagogy, MOOCs, Teacher Education.

"Transformation of Teacher Education in India with MOOCs; its Development and Validation over Lecture Method", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.702-710, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907S10.pdf

"Transformation of Teacher Education in India with MOOCs; its Development and Validation over Lecture Method", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp702-710, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907S10.pdf