Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences (BITS), Pilani has recently tied-up with edX - an online and classroom learning platform provider. The institute will join edX as a contributing member and will leverage the edX' platform to enhance learning experience of its on-campus and off-campus students. The institute will also offer MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) to reach out to students outside BITS.
"We are in midst of implementing several projects aimed at becoming a leading technical university in Asia," said Bijendra Nath Jain, Vice-Chancellor of BITS Pilani in a press statement. "The partnership will enable BITS Pilani to enrich the learning experience of students enrolled in our on-campus and off-campus programmes, as well as provide a platform to reach out to the world at large."
BITS Pilani will offer 60 courses over three years to students across its four campuses and its off-campus programmes through edX while also offering several courses every year as MOOCs to engage with students outside the BITS system, added Shan Sundar Balasubramaniam, Dean for Academic & Resource Planning of BITS Pilani, according to the statement.
Courses offered through these platforms will contain online digital content including recorded videos, online exercises and computer-based simulations.
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