Question- What could be the possible costs incurred in producing MOOCs from an institutional prospective ?

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The cost of producing a MOOC very considerably. It is difficult to accurately cost a single MOOC because of the huge variety of types of courses. The main costs of producing MOOCs from an institutional perspective are :

(i) Institutional Infrastructure : Setting up procedures for decision-making about platforms and selection and quality assurance of courses is time-consuming for a range of institutional personal (from university leadership to legal advisors) Initial up front inverment maybe required for some international platforms.

(ii) Support Staff : Generally MOOCs require a support team of learning designers, video production specialist and academy content-assistants to work on creating the course content although there are a range of options, from repurposing existing internal units to setting up regional collaborations between institutions for shared capacity development to outsourcing these roles to private provides.

(iii) Educators : Depending upon the type of course and support available, academies typically report spending between 100 and 400 hours in the process of production. Unlike traditional courses, the bulk of the input is done in production, while significantly less time is spent while the courses is running. In some instances academic will require funding to pay for someone to teach in their place for the period devoted to production.

(iv) Production : MOOCs on the major international platforms favour short video-recorded lectures as the main media for the content high quality video is costly and required access to equipment (which can be hired or bought). The actual cost per minute of video will depend on the style of the segment. The costs range widely from Rs. 2000 - Rs. 12000 per short video.

(v) Course Material : If specific course material under copyright license is required, these may be costs incurred in buying the rights to use it. Generally, open-source material or originally produced material is favoured in the production of MOOCs.

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