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regular class room teaching must not be substituted by distance education. That will kill the quality of education. More college, universitites should be built for regular class room teaching. Students should be encouraged with proper infrastructure to follow new knowledge and research. But in our country, basic class room teaching can not be compromised at any cost.

There can be no substitution of teachers and classroom interaction by MOOCs. Most teachers use online course material for teaching or in their preparation but online courses ignore individual student needs as well as make the learning process mechanical however well-developed the software or the content of the course may be. Classrooms with fellow students and teachers cannot be replaced by MOOCs, they can only be supplementary.

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Teachers already use both MOOCs and open courseware as supplemental material. However, these must be mediated through the teacher, and the choice of which or how many are to be used are her prerogative alone. Replacement of teachers by MOOCs is not welcome at all as it promotes technology-enabled teacher-centred education that pays no attention to the learner's needs and experiences. It also kills the opportunity of face to face interaction and critical enquiry with the students

THIS IS A VERY GOOD IDEA SO THAT STUDENTS FROM LOW ECONOMIC BACKGROUND CAN ALSO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.

What a teacher brings to the classroom is an incredibly complex, dynamic, sophisticated and adaptive human intelligence. Software can be most effective as an aid to this resource, not as a standalone solution. Let us stop being glassy-eyed and knee-jerk about technology as the panacea! The Ivy Leagues of the United States or the hoary European Universities didn't become so through MOOCs :)