Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are online programs offered by major universities and academic institutions globally

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are online programs offered by major universities and academic institutions globally, aimed at providing education for all with unlimited participation and access. The training related contents are being issued to the participants via web, visual or other electronics media depending upon the nature of courses. Majority of the MOOCs programs offer interactive forums to support community interactions among students and teachers. MOOCs programs are well developed distance education program first introduced during 2006

MOOCs are considered to be the future platform for education, programs are completely online in nature and for certification part some institutions are conducting direct exam, 90% of the programs are free, no age restriction or entry barrier are the major advantages of the programs, if you are enthusiastic in learning MOOCs are the right choice.

Major MOOC programs offered by Indian Institutes, Universities, and Government sector

MOOC programs offered by National program on technology enhance learning (NPTEL) under the constant guidance and control of Indian Institute of Management (IIM) and Indian Institute of technologies (IIT) are found in the link http://nptel.ac.in/. Details of LAKSHYA (Learner Advancement of Knowledge & Skills through HYbrid Approach) is another program offered by IIT Mumbai is found in the links https://www.iitbombayx.in/ and https://www.it.iitb.ac.in/lakshya/home.html

IIM Bangalore (IIMBx)https://www.iimbx.edu.in/

Major foreign Universities offering MOOCs program

The Open University in Milton Keynes, England.( FutureLearn) https://www.futurelearn.com/
Berlin-based online education platform( iversity) https://iversity.org/
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Open Course Ware https://ocw.mit.edu/index.htm

Harvard Business School (HBX) https://hbx.hbs.edu/

Other academic institutions

edX https://www.edx.org/ offers programs of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, The University of California Berkeley , The University of Texas System, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, University of British Columbia, The University of Queensland (UQ) Australia, Boston University, The University of Adelaide Australia and few other major university programs also offered by this platform

Khan Academy https://www.khanacademy.org/ offers wide range of programs are designed for school students to research level, they have partnered with institutions like NASA, The Museum of Modern Art, The California Academy of Sciences, and MIT to offer specialized content.
Udemy, https://www.udemy.com/ , required to pay a small fee for the programs
Udacity India https://in.udacity.com/ (offers Google sponsored scholarship programs also)
Pluralsight https://www.pluralsight.com/ (offers Google sponsored scholarship programs also)
Code.org https://code.org/

Lynda.com https://www.lynda.com/ (also available through LinkedIn learning platform also)
Alison https://alison.com/
Kadenze https://www.khanacademy.org/

Coursera https://www.coursera.org/

Exclusive Digital Marketing programs

Hubspot (Digital Marketing) https://academy.hubspot.com/

Google Digital Garage (Digital Marketing) https://learndigital.withgoogle.com/digitalgarage

Click the link below to get information in Malayalam, MOOC Courses

http://deepika.epapr.in/c/26064146

Jayakumar K

New media strategist