IIMB joins edX, to offer MOOCs

Will leverage new technologies and deliver education via MOOCs (massive open online courses) as IIMBx

The Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) is India’s first B-school to join edX as a new contributing member. As IIMBx, the B-school will leverage new technologies and deliver education via MOOCs (massive open online courses) to a larger population of learners from around the world.

EdX, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based non-profit enterprise created by founding partners Harvard varsity and MIT, offers interactive online classes from the world’s best varsities. It was created for students and institutions that seek to transform themselves through cutting-edge technologies, innovative pedagogy, and rigorous courses.

“We’re gearing up to create the capability to teach differently and edX is a great platform to extend IIM Bangalore’s educational impact across the globe,” said IIMB director Sushil Vachani. “We are honoured to welcome IIM Bangalore to edX,” said Anant Agarwal, CEO, edX. “IIMB will deliver high-quality courses and new perspectives to the edX learning community and reach learners around the world,” Agarwal added.

“This is a tremendous opportunity for IIMB. In addition to delivering top-quality management education on campus to small classes of students chosen through our highly competitive admissions process, as we have done since the institute’s inception, we will use technology to provide selected management courses to a much larger population in India and the world over,” said Vachani.

Vachani, who took over as director of IIMB on July 1 reiterated that IIMB will embrace and leverage technology to create a social impact. “At IIMB,” he added, “we recognise that the way in which education will be delivered will be radically different in future thanks to technology”.