In a bid to support the Skill India and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan movements, aisectmoocs.com has been launched as India’s largest free online open learning platform. This Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) portal, launched by the Bhopal-based education group AISECT, will offer over 2,000 courses including school courses, skill courses and higher education courses. All courses on aisectmoocs.com will be free of cost.
For this initiative, AISECT has partnered with Ireland-based Alison, which is the global leader in free online certified skills training for the workplace with seven million registered learners and 800,000 graduates worldwide. All 750 plus diploma and certificate level Alison courses will be offered through the AISECT MOOC portal. Additionally, AISECT will offer courses on school curriculum as well as courses on higher education subjects. Initially, the course curriculum will be available in English and Hindi but more regional language content will be added to the MOOC platform over the next few months.
Aisectmoocs.com offers a range of short-term courses in areas like digital literacy and IT skills, health literacy, financial and economic literacy, languages, personal development and soft skills, business and enterprise skills, beauty and wellness, retail, electronics, etc. The duration of the courses ranges from three hours to six months and students get an online certificate on successful completion of the course.