MOOC from over 170 universities globally

The state government recently signed an MoU with with EdX an e-learning platform for offering Massive Online Open Courses Company (MOOC)  from over 170 universities globally. 

The collaboration aims to enable college students from the State to access over 1,000 courses from various disciplines, including computer science, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), arts and commerce free of cost.

The MOU was signed by Principal Secretary of the state’s Higher Education Department Mr.J.Syamala Rao and edX Founder and CEO Mr Anant Agarwal in the presence of Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy.

As per the MoU, edX will work with the Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) department and evolve a roadmap for amplifying existing university courses. 

The platform will also help the State government meet its training and learning needs, identify learning gaps, and curate MOOCs concerning the current curriculum of both professional and conventional degree programmes.

CM said that upon successful completion of courses, the students will get a certificate from the university or institution that offers the course. 

Courses from the top four institutions of the world, namely, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Harvard, Oxford and Cambridge, are offered by edX.