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I think there is need of MOOCs for all the levels of education (Primary,Secondary, Senior Secondary, Higher Education) in different educational medium(Hindi, English, Tamil , Telugu, Gujarati etc). The main advantage of MOOCs is its accessibility, thus it can help us in addressing the problems related to Quantity. Refer my old blog-post for categorization of problems in education. It can also cater to the Quality of education provided that MOOCs are created by top schools. one such example is NPTEL, where professors from IITs, IISc and other premier institute contribute for quality MOOCs. NPTEL is focused only to Engineering courses.There is need of developing such MOOCs in social sciences and humanities also. In my opinion, we can develop MOOCs for K-12 education as well. Schools across India differ in terms of quality, pedagogies and curriculum. We can ask top schools of India such as DPS,Chinmaya vidyalaya, Kendriya vidyalaya etc to come up with MOOCs. In this way, we will be able ...

According to Wikipedia, " Blended learning is a formal education program in which a student learns at least in part through delivery of content and instruction via digital and online media with some element of student control over time, place, path, or pace ." These models of learning is used by both job market and academia. There are various models such as flex, Rotation, Self-Blend, enriched virtual model, la carte model etc. Three major models are discussed below. Flex Model In this model most of the instructions are online.Teachers provide assistance in-person only if there is need of assistance.The schedule of classes is decided by students and face-to-face interaction is minimal in this model. Rotation Model In this model mode of instructions (online & onsite) are rotated on a routine basis. This rotation schedule is generally decided by teachers. Students mostly learn at traditional schools with brick and mortar structure. Self-Blend Model In this model students th...

This is a branch of economics which deals with economic concerns of education policy. It starts with the basic demand for education and financing of education but it is not limited to that framework. A lot of work has been done including Becker's Human Capital theory, Screening Hypothesis, Job market signalling , capability approach, social choice approach etc. Some economists have also worked on below mentioned topics: Education and economic growth(Endogenous growth theory) Education as a public good Financing of public education Returns to education Economic assessment of training schemes Measuring productivity and Input out analysis Market failure in education In my opinion, a lot of work is still needs to done in this field. some of the topics of future research could be "Economics of technology enabled education", "Finance of PPP in education" etc.

Indian Education system has many severe problems. They can be categorized under four heads : Quality,Quantity, Financing and Others. Quality Poor Rankings of Indian Institutes Quality of teachers Students don't have skill-sets required by industry Old Curriculum Poor quality of primary education  Quantity Low literacy rate Increasing demand of education as the population is increasing(education accessibility) limited seats in Universities Financing Lack of Infrastructure  Short Supply of Educators Salary structure of teachers Others Indian education system promotes Rat Race Lack of ambition(risk taking ability) for entrepreneurship in students Lack of proper career  counselling  Rote Learning Note: In rest of the blog, I will try to write about the solutions to above problems. Edit #1: (March 03,2017)   I found a beautiful question on quora. I wasamazed to see so many answers to this question. Some of the answers are really good. https://www.quora.com/What...