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NIIT, edX join hands to redefine online education space

New Delhi, May 12 (UNI) With an aim to create high-impact learning experiences for learners by offering a next generation, NIIT and edX today entered into a strategic partnership to redefine the online education space in India.
The partnership was announced by Rajendra Pawar, Chairman NIIT and Anant Agarwal, CEO edX and MIT Professor at a press conference in the national capital.
Through this partnership both the companies are offering a next generation Blended Learning Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) model that provides an engaging and live interactive experience that goes much beyond the core MOOC content.
Over the last 15 years, NIIT has continuously invested in its blended learning delivery capability through innovations such as its Imperia Synchronous Learning delivery model and its Cloud CampusTM with
student-centric learning enablers.
Under this partnership, the live synchronous delivery capability and on-ground student servicing capability
of NIIT will be combined with the world class MOOCs provided by edX and its university partners to offer futuristic talent development programs to learners in India.
To start with, programs aligned to the changing future-skill-sets requirement of the industry in areas like Programming using Python from MIT, HTML5 from the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), Data Science & Analytics from Columbia University, and Data Science & Engineering with Spark from University of California, Berkeley will be offered jointly by NIIT and edX.
Additionally, many organisations in India are also looking at integrating MOOC offerings in their overall talent development plans to bring in range and flexibility while promising to lower costs of upskilling employees.
"As a pioneer in the use of technology in education, NIIT has been at the forefront of technological & pedagogical innovations in learning. With the Indian education system moving fast towards online learning, MOOCs is a great way to bridge the quality, affordability and accessibility gap in education. It gives us great pleasure to join hands with edX, one of the leading providers of MOOCs, to transform
the talent development space in India by introducing the next-level of MOOC-based learning that delivers superior outcomes & higher completion rates," said Mr Pawar.
Despite the popularity of MOOCs, recent studies have found that completion
rates of the programs are low with some reported to be significantly lower
than 10 per cent.
The low retention and completion rates are major concerns for educators and institutions. Only 5 per cent of enrolled students complete a free MOOC. Even MOOC courses with paid verified certification options see
completion rates of only 60 per cent or higher.
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