8.8 MOOC PLATFORMS IN INDIA

NPTEL

NPTEL stands for National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning.  It is a project funded by MHRD, initiated in 2003. It is a joint initiative of seven Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute of Science (IISC) for offering courses on engineering and science, initially. NPTEL has started online courses on computer science- electrical, mechanical, and ocean engineering; management, humanities, music, etc. It offers a free course with nominal fees for certification. Anybody from anywhere can join their course.

MooKIT

MooKIT is a lightweight MOOC management system built entirely using open-source technologies by Indian Institute of Kanpur (IITK), in 2014. It is so designed that if the current bandwidth is low, it can easily run. These features help learners from rural areas not having smartphones, laptops, internet connectivity, and high bandwidth. It just needs a dumb or basic phone. One more special feature of MooKIT is support of a very powerful analytics interface. 

IITBombayX

IITBombayXis a non-profit MOOC platform developed by IIT Bombay using the open-source platform Open edX, in 2014.

SWAYAM

SWAYAM stands for "Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds." It is a MOOC platform MOOC launched by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), the government of India, to bind online and offline education together. It is started with an expectation of launching 2,000 courses, to make its largest course catalogue, among all provided so far. For SWAYAM, an independent platform is developed.

Currently, SWAYAM offers courses for school, certificate, diploma, undergraduate, and postgraduate.

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