IIM Bangalore has launched its first range of MOOCs on the edX platform. IIMBx is starting with four courses on edX, of which two courses will be launching in July followed by one in August and one in October this year.
These four courses include Innovation and IT Management, Statistics for Business, Statistics for Business – II, and Introduction to Operations Management.
EdX, the online learning initiative founded by Harvard and MIT, had earlier announced its association with IIM Bangalore as the first Indian B-school member in its group of xConsortium members. The offered courses are part of the initiative.
“India is an important market for us, and is home to the largest population of edX learners outside of the US," said Anant Agarwal, CEO of edX. "We are pleased that IIM Bangalore has launched their courses on our platform. With this partnership, we aim to expand the learning horizon for our learners in India and around the world.”
Innovation and IT Management, a 6-week course, will start in July 2015 and will teach key decision-making skills to better manage and implement IT and innovation in workplace. This course will cover basic concepts of information technology management and would be useful for anyone who is using IT in their organisation, building or is planning to build IT-enabled products or services. Rahul De, Hewlett-Packard Chair Professor in ICT for Sustainable Economic Development at IIM Bangalore will instruct the course.
Statistics for Business, a 5-week course, starting in July, 2015 will be an introductory course to statistics and will examine data from the perspective of business scenarios and will demonstrate how to apply that data to make better decisions. It will be the 1st part of a 4-part series on Business Statistics, and would be ideal for learners who wish to enroll in business programmes. This course will be taught by three instructors: Shankar Venkatagiri, Ishita Kumar, and Sunil Kunduru.
Part-2 of this series, Statistics for Business – II, will be a 6-week course to examine data drawn from allied fields of business such as Finance and HR, and will teach how to simulate data to follow a specified distribution. It will launch later this year.
Apart from this, there is going to be another course, Introduction to Operations Management, which will be a 7-week course starting in August 2015 and will teach key aspects of business operations and lean management, including capacity, productivity, quality, and supply chain. It will be instructed by B Mahadevan.
All courses are now open for enrollment. The courses will help students learn and acquire different skills for Business, IT, Statistics and Operations Management.
Students who register for these courses, will have the option to either pursue an honor code for free (with complete access to all course material, tests, and online discussion forum), or pursue a Verified Certificate of Achievement for about Rs 1,500.