On-line education: India,US discuss visa,online courses

India on Tuesday promoted on-line education and cooperation in community colleges with US.

India on Tuesday promoted on-line education such as Massive Open On-Line Courses (MOOCs) and cooperation in community colleges with the US while the latter stressed on jointly working towards increasing skills of students.

We need to make sure that next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs have the skills and training, US Secretary of State John Kerry said at the India-US Higher Education Dialogue.

In continuation of the educational partnership between the two nations,the US State Department announced eight institutional partnership projects for the second round of Obama-Singh 21st Century Knowledge Initiative awards.

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Incidentally,HRD minister M M Pallam Raju had visited the US last month for forging linkages and collaborations in the field of higher education. In the education sector,the two sides signed four agreements- IIT-Delhi and University of Nebraska on the Cyber Systems,IIT-Bombay and edX on Massive Open Online Courses,AICTE and American Association of Community Colleges and ITM group with Montgomery Colleges.

Each project will receive an award of approximately $250,000 that can be utilised over a three year period,with the objectives of cultivating educational reform,fostering economic growth,generating shared knowledge to address global challenges,and developing junior faculty at Indian and American institutions of higher learning.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Barack Obama announced the Obama-Singh Initiative in November 2009 as an affirmation of their commitment to building an enhanced India-US partnership in education.

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