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IIM Bangalore’s courses now available on EdX

IIM Bangalore (IIM-B) has launched a series of free Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in partnership with EdX, reports NextBigWhat. IIM-B had joined the open learning platform EdX last year in August and had said that it would make courses available within a year from then. As part of the membership, the B-school was to provide several of its courses on the edX platform for free. Named IIMBx, the provider will offer 4 courses to start with, two will begin next month, followed by one in August and one in October this year. The currently offered courses are: Statistics for Business Stats - I (5 weeks) and II (6 weeks), Innovation and IT Management (6 weeks) and Introduction to Operations Management (7 weeks). The MOOC platform is also offering course takers the option of getting a Verified Certificate of Achievement costing Rs 1,500. EdX claims that India is its second biggest user base outside the US. In March last year, edX president Anant Agarwal had told The Times of India that India was then the second largest market for edX, accounting for 12% of its global user base. Agarwal had claimed that over 2.5 lakh people from India had registered for courses on its platform as of March this year. Other developments in the MOOC space: Last month, the British Council launched a series of free MOOCs on IELTS and English for teachers and students on the FutureLearn platform. The courses included: Understanding IELTS: Techniques for English Language Tests and Exploring English:…

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