UGC issues list of MOOCs for January Semester 2023

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has released a list of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) that are ready to be offered for the January semester of 2023.

The MOOCs are currently available on the SWAYAM portal at swayam.gov.in. 

The list of MOOCs that are offered by the following National Coordinators includes the University Grants Commission (UGC), Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC), Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIM-B), National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), and Indira Gandhi Open National University (IGNOU).

The MOOCs are part of the country’s Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA). It aims to revive India as a major tourist and cultural destination for Buddhists.

This also covers Buddhist history, Buddhist philosophy, Abhidhamma (Pali), and an additional course on community engagement or civic involvement and social responsibility.

According to information provided by the SWAYAM board, around 2 lakh students from the last two academic years have benefited from the credit transfers for SWAYAM courses.

The board has also asked the Higher Educational Institutions (HEI) to approve the MOOCs listed above and adopt their statutory bodies as per the Commission regulations in credit framework for online learning programmes via study webs of active learning for young aspiring minds.