It isn’t a secret anymore online Courses are picking up momentum in popularity. Unlike regular college/ university courses, online courses attract many thousands of enrollees around the world and India isn’t left behind. These online courses can come in the form of active course sessions with participant interaction, or as archived content for self-paced study. Much to students and working professionals delight, they can be free, or there can be a charge either on a one-time charge or a one-time charge.
In mid 2017 a research finding by KPMG, along with insights from Google search named Online Education in India: 2021 stated that online education industry in India will be a $1.96 billion industry by 2021. Nitin Bawankule (Nitin), Industry Director, noted “The online education segment is set to become a multi-billion dollar opportunity in India. There are many factors driving this growth including the perceived convenience, increased reach and personalization offered by online channels,” Further Nitin asserted “Google India It is also interesting to note, that high growth in education search queries is now coming in from Tier 2 and 3 cities such as Patna, Guwahati, Aligarh and Kota – which points to the opportunities that growing penetration of smartphones and improving quality of internet have opened up.” (From https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/education/online-education-will-be-a-2-bn-industry-in-india-by-2021-google-kpmg/articleshow/58913744.cms) Therefore India students can join in platforms such as edX and Coursera which offers access to higher education from the world’s top notch educational institutions including Harvard, MIT, Berkley, the University of Maryland, the University of Queensland, the University of Pennsylvania, Stanford University, the University of Michigan and others.
Further, The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), launched jointly by the seven IITs (Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Guwahati and Roorkee) along with the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India in 2003 offers an online programme in sciences and engineering at university and research levels for students and professionals. These courses at NPTEL are free. However by the end of the course the learners may take an examination and obtain the certificate from the institute for a nominal fee.
Some of the upcoming courses for 2018 are listed below:
Note: Apart from these there are about 226 courses on NPTEL. Join one of the courses and get a head start on your professional goals for the new year LICK HERE TO VIEW courses available on NPTEL
Besides, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore MOOCs (IIMBx), India’s a premier institute, is offering free online courses in a wide range of subject’s t to students and working professionals in India and across the world to learn and grow. Some of them for 2018 are as follows:
I hope you take one of these courses and get a head start on your career goals for the New Year.