This spring NPTEL has launched 290 courses from 16 different universities of which 11 are IITs. Already over 600k students are enrolled in these courses, the first of which will start on January 28th.
India’s new government-run MOOC platform SWAYAM has launched, Coursera co-founder Daphne Koller steps down, iversity is saved from bankruptcy, and more
India’s juggernaut of a MOOC platform might be about to launch, and it has the potential to vastly improve Indian higher education — but it may not be without its hiccups.
In May’s MOOCWatch: lots of MOOC news for India, more MOOC providers create Specialization/Nanodegree-like programs, new course on filmmaking, and more.