MOOC – Massive Open Online Courses, Universities, Free and Paid Programmes

Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is the latest version of distance education across the world. The learner friendly system of delivering education through videos, assignments, study material has gained momentum with MOOC project of various universities and governments.

SWAYAM - MOOCs
MOOC offer skill oriented courses in various disciplines including engineering, management, humanities, social sciences, etc. A certification from a reputed university / institute will add value to the CV and career.

There are thousands of courses across the web by famous universities and commercial and non-profit organisations. Most of the materials are free to access to the learners. You can participate without any registration fee but need to pay some amount to get a certification. Government of India has launched SWAYAM project as part of MOOC.

See Details: SWAYAM – Free Online Courses in India

Following are some of the famous MOOCs available on the web / internet:

1) Stanford Online of Stanford University
2) SWAYAM of Government of India
3) Coursera: Participated by Stanford, Princeton, Arizona state university, University of Maryland College Park, University of Illinois etc.

4) Khan Academy
5) Canvas Network: Santa Clara Univeraity, University of Utah etc.
6) Peer to Peer University
7) Udacity – Georgia Institute of Technology, San Jose State University, Google, Salesforce.com, Facebook, Cloudera, Nvidia, Autodesk, Cadence.

8) Eliademy – Aalto University Executive Education
9) Open HPI: University of Potsdam, Germany
10) Future Learn: University of Edinburgh, Kings College London, Open University, Trinity College of London etc.
11) Open Classrooms: Google, Microsoft, IBM, Zendesk, Ecole Polytechnique, Centrale Supelec

12) Open Learning: University of New South Wales, Taylors University, University of Canberra
13) edX: MIT, Harvard University, Boston University, IIT Bombay, IIM Bangalore, etc.
14) iversity: University of Hamburg, University of Florence etc.
15) One Month: School of Vidual Arts, USA
16) NovoEd: Stanford University, Wharton, Princeton, Darden, Comcast, etc.

17) Coursmos: Stanford University, MIT, Draper University
18) Open 2 Study: James Cook University, Griffith University, RMIT University, Central Institute of Technology, Sydney Institute etc.
19) Kadenze: Stanford University, UCLA, California Institute of Arts, Maryland Institute, National University of Singapore etc.
20) POLHN: WHO, Pacific Ministries of Health
21: ALISON, Lynda.com, Shaw Academy, Udemy

UDAAN Scheme for Girl Students – Eligibility, Selection Criteria and Online Application Procedure

UDAAN by CBSE
UDAAN Scheme of CBSE will help the girl students to take on entrance examinations conducted for admission into prestigious engineering institutions like IITs, NITs, IIITs etc.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has launched UDAAN Scheme for girl students across the country to encourage them to take up engineering courses in prestigious institutions in India. UDAAN prepares the student to compete for the entrance examinations such as JEE Advanced and JEE Main etc.

Salient Features of UDAAN Scheme:

1) CBSE will offer free of cost support to Girl students of Classes XI and XII to prepare for engineering entrance examinations in India.

2) Tutorials, videos and study material will be available for the students. Virtual contact classes at 60 designated city centres will be organised by CBSE.

3) There will be remedial steps to correct learning along with mentoring opportunities for meritorious students. There will also be student helpline services to clarify doubts, monitor student learning and support technology.

Eligibility for UDAAN Scheme:

All girl students studying in classes XI of KVs (Kendriya Vidyalayas / NVs (navodaya Vidyalayas)/ Government Schools of any recognised Board/ CBSE affiliated private schools in India are eligible to apply. Students of Class XI in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics (PCM) stream only eligible.

Girl students should have secured at least 70 percent marks in Class X overall and 80 percent marks in Science and Mathematics OR a minimum CGPA of 8 and a GPA of 9 in Science and Mathematics.

Selection Procedure:

The selection of the students under UDAAN scheme will be based on merit and will be considered against the city chosen by the candidate for the weekly virtual contact classes. Annual family income of the student should be less than 6 lakhs.

Online Application:

The eligible students have to apply online only for the UDAAN Scheme. For any clarifications and more information, you can contact at helpline at http://udaanweb.cnvg.in/ .

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