New Delhi : Eklavya: An initiative of NIOS towards massive open online courses.
Massive Open Online Courses initiated by NIOS The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) formerly known as National Open School (NOS) was established in November,1989 as an autonomous organisation in pursuance of National Policy on Education 1986 by the Ministry of Human Resource Development(MHRD), Government of India. NIOS is providing a number of Vocational, Life Enrichment and community oriented courses besides General and Academic Courses at Secondary and Senior Secondary level. It also offers Elementary level Courses through its Open Basic Education Programmes (OBE).Government of India through a gazette notification vested NIOS with the authority to examine and certify learners registered with it upto pre degree level courses.
The National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) initiated Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) specifically for our learners to be offered at Secondary, Sr. Secondary (+2) levels and Vocational Courses. These online courses will not only be beneficial for the students pursuing their studies through Open and Distance Learning (ODL) system at school level, but also will be accessible to millions of learners interested in academic courses and development of their skills in various vocations.
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