ONLINE PORTAL FROM IITs and IISc ON THE LINES OF MOOCs

Courses are  offered through an Online course Portal launched by IITs and IISc.  This is an initiative of  National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning.

NPTEL is the joint initiative of :

• IIT, Bombay
• IIT, Delhi
• IIT, Guwahati
• IIT, Kanpur
• IIT, Kharagpur
• IIT, Madras
• IIT, Roorkee
• Indian Institute of Science (IISc)

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in

Visit the above link and click on a course name to see more details about it.  You will need to log in to register for any course. After the registration you will be able to see the course contents as and when they are made available by the Course instructors.

As you will see, the courses are delivered by experienced and reputed academics.

The courses are free for anyone with access to the Internet.  Besides taking advantage of the courses, it is possible to obtain a Certificate, as well,  by paying a nominal fee.

Incidentally, this kind of opportunity never existed until a year ago.

Some of the forthcoming courses are:

• Computer science;
• Aerospace Engineering;
• Electrical Engineering;
• Metallurgical Engineering and
• Management sciences.

Examination for these courses is scheduled to be held in September and November 2015.