The Delhi University is about to launch its series of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) by the end of this month, reports the Times of India. The courses will be open and accessible worldwide and will be provided free of cost. The first MOOC course will start on January 30th in a series called ‘India in the 21st century', which will include 10 lectures with all of them to be delivered by the Vice Chancellor of the University Dinesh Singh. The University will also provide offline interactive facilities at four colleges, including Aryabhatta College, Maharaja Agrasen College, IP College for Women and Keshav Mahavidyalaya. Students participating in the MOOC will be provided with a certificate for the non-credit courses although the approval for this is to be yet granted by the varsity's Academic Council (AC) which is meeting today. The course itself can be accessed by students and members of Delhi University through the University’s internet network. The report mentions that the University undertook this initiative to demonstrate that technology enabled learning is effective for good teaching and learning. However, the enrollments for the course are yet to be announced. Last month, IIT Kanpur had mentioned that it was developing its own platform for MOOCs called MOOKIT. Under MOOKIT, the institution said it will develop MOOCs around verticals like agriculture and computer science among others. Similarly the HRD Ministry’s own MOOC platform SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds), which was expected to launch by the end of last year,…
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