Worldwide MOOC “Directory of Directories”
Class-Central has an excellent up-to-date directory of international MOOCs: https://www.class-central.com/providers
As of this date: May 13, 2017 it appears the two heavy weight champions in the MOOC provider business are: Coursera and edX.
Coursera.org may be the largest MOOC services provider I found in my search, hosting: Stanford University, University of California at San Diego, Princeton University, University of Michigan; in fact MOOCs from over 70 partner universities, with some 9,500,000 students to date https://www.coursera.org/
EdX The first, is non-profit, and arguably the best. https://www.edx.org/
Humanitarian Law: http://www.atha.se/elearning
ALSO
https://www.canvas.net/
https://www.udacity.com/ (Primarily IT related courses)
https://www.coursesites.com/webapps/Bb-sites-course-creation-BBLEARN/pages/mooccatalog.html
MOOC-List.com filters MOOCS according to different criteria including language: https://www.mooc-list.com/languages , countries, types of certificates, etc. https://www.mooc-list.com/
Online Course Report - The single best MOOC curriculum link-list I found was at onlinecoursereport.com
http://www.onlinecoursereport.com/5400-top-university-courses-online/
Their “50 Most Popular MOOCS of all TIME” is excellently done and up-to-date: http://www.onlinecoursereport.com/the-50-most-popular-moocs-of-all-time/
FOR PRIMARY SCHOOL EDUCATION: https://www.khanacademy.org/
SILK ROAD Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
CHINA
Peking University: https://www.class-central.com/university/pku
Tsinghua University, founded in 1911, is one of the most prestigious universities in Asia. Tsinghua University consists of 19 schools and 55 departments with faculties in science, engineering, humanities, social sciences, architecture, management, law, medicine, arts and design. Tsinghua University MOOCs
Browse free online courses in a variety of subjects. Tsinghua University courses found below can be audited free or students can choose to receive a verified certificate for a small fee. Select a course to learn more.
https://www.edx.org/school/tsinghuax
XueTang X - With over five million registered students, XuetangX is one of the world’s top five MOOC providers.
http://www.xuetangx.com/ (In Chinese)
http://global.xuetangx.com/ (In English)
INDIA
Many, mostly operating out of Indian School of Business. Easily accessed through:
https://www.mooc-list.com/countrys/india
University of Kerala offers one MOOC class on public presentations:
http://mooc-ui.herokuapp.com/
KAZAKHSTAN / KYRGYZSTAN / TURKMENISTAN / CAUCASUS
Because they have many courses in Russian language, the lingua franca of the region, the best MOOC for most of Central Asia would be: https://www.coursera.org/hse
National Research University - Higher School of Economics (HSE) is one of the top research universities in Russia. Established in 1992 to promote new research and teaching in economics and related disciplines, it now offers programs at all levels of university education across an extraordinary range of fields of study including business, sociology, cultural studies, philosophy, political science, international relations, law, Asian studies, media and communications, IT, mathematics, engineering, and more. Learn more on www.hse.ru
OpenU is currently supported by several universities, such as Kazakh-British Technical University (KBTU), Almaty Management University (AlmaU), Suleyman Demirel University (SDU), Kazakh National Technical University and the Institute of Mathematics and Mathematical Modelling.
“The main directions of the courses are IT, business and telecommunications, because at the first stage the general partner of the project is Kcell, which is interested in the first courses to be in this sphere. In the next stage of the project, we plan to expand the number of directions,” project manager Ainur Satekova told The Astana Times.
OpenU’s platform is based on Open edX, which was created by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). https://www.edx.org/ However, I could only one Russian language course: https://www.edx.org/course/?search_query=Russian&language=Russian
MOOC-List has a few more courses in both Kazakh and Russian: https://www.mooc-list.com/language/kazakh
PAKISTAN - Virtual University of Pakistan - ورچوئل یونیورسٹی آف پاکستان
Pakistan has a very exciting, large and well-designed on-line learning center that is something like a "Super-MOOC" with about 150 learning center/branches all around Pakistan. They use online, TV and DVD instruction and have set up real-world testing and instruction centers. It's called: Virtual University of Pakistan (VU) sponsored by the Federal Government of Pakistan. In addition to the prescribed texts, comprehensive reading material / lecture notes in the form of web-enabled content are provided through a comprehensive Learning Management System (LMS) hosted on the VU Web Servers and accessible over the Internet. "Virtual campuses" provide the necessary infrastructure for students to pursue their studies at the University, especially if they do not have a computer and Internet access at home. They may well have established a blueprint/working model for virtual education that could easily be replicated in other nations where access to internet may be limited for a variety of reasons. The campuses also act as a social space especially for younger students where they can interact with their peers. The LMS also provides an e-mail facility to each and every student as well as discussion boards for interaction within the VU community. The Virtual University of Pakistan received its Federal Charter from the government in 2002 and launched two free to air Educational Broadcast Television Channels (VUTV 1 & VUTV 2) in 2004. In 2012 Student enrollment crossed the 100,000 mark, and Pakistan's Virtual University began to offer its educational resources from other universities free of cost. Their Global Languages website was launched in 2014, and PhD programs began in 2015. Currently they appear to offer around 180 courses making them one of the largest MOOC providers in the world.
English: http://www.vu.edu.pk/Default.aspx
Urdu: http://www.vu.edu.pk/Default.aspx
THAILAND
https://thaimooc.org
(Newest addition to this directory.)
[Online Graduate School Programs]
Graduate School of Business and Advanced Technology Management (GS-BATM) was established as an international online learning institution by the University Council of Assumption University on April 25, 2002 in order to provide an online learning system of distance education using the Internet as the core interface. In practice this is supplemented by off-line eLearning, M-Learning, AV media, and limited face-to-face interactions. At present, 5 degree programs are being offered at the GS-BATM comprising 3 master’s degree programs and 2 doctoral degree programs:
M.S. in Management
M.S. in Information Technology
M.Ed. in Teaching and Technology
Pd.D. in Technology, Education and Management
Ph.D. In Teaching and Technology
http://www.gradatm.au.edu/gsatm
Mahidol University - Biomedical and Health Informatics program - by the Faculty of Tropical Medicine. Online Master's of Science
Mahidol Bangkok School of Tropical Medicine, 3rd Floor, Chamlong Harinasuta Building
66 (0) 2306-9130 / tmbstm@mahidol.ac.th
https://mu-informatics.org/
Chulalongkorn University - Music Therapy - Master of Arts
Division of International Affairs
Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts
Chulalongkorn University
Phyathai Road, Wangmai,
Pathumwan, Bangkok
10330 Thailand
Email: cufaamt@gmail.com
Tel: +66 2218 4566
https://www.musictherapy.grad.chula.ac.th
TURKEY
Koç University (MOOC in Turkish language) https://www.class-central.com/university/koc
Telmooc.org claims to have classes in: Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea North, Korea South, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein and more
https://www.telmooc.org/user
Peking University: https://www.class-central.com/university/pku
Tsinghua University, founded in 1911, is one of the most prestigious universities in Asia. Tsinghua University consists of 19 schools and 55 departments with faculties in science, engineering, humanities, social sciences, architecture, management, law, medicine, arts and design. Tsinghua University MOOCs
Browse free online courses in a variety of subjects. Tsinghua University courses found below can be audited free or students can choose to receive a verified certificate for a small fee. Select a course to learn more.
https://www.edx.org/school/tsinghuax
XueTang X - With over five million registered students, XuetangX is one of the world’s top five MOOC providers.
http://www.xuetangx.com/ (In Chinese)
http://global.xuetangx.com/ (In English)
INDIA
Many, mostly operating out of Indian School of Business. Easily accessed through:
https://www.mooc-list.com/countrys/india
University of Kerala offers one MOOC class on public presentations:
http://mooc-ui.herokuapp.com/
KAZAKHSTAN / KYRGYZSTAN / TURKMENISTAN / CAUCASUS
Because they have many courses in Russian language, the lingua franca of the region, the best MOOC for most of Central Asia would be: https://www.coursera.org/hse
National Research University - Higher School of Economics (HSE) is one of the top research universities in Russia. Established in 1992 to promote new research and teaching in economics and related disciplines, it now offers programs at all levels of university education across an extraordinary range of fields of study including business, sociology, cultural studies, philosophy, political science, international relations, law, Asian studies, media and communications, IT, mathematics, engineering, and more. Learn more on www.hse.ru
OpenU is currently supported by several universities, such as Kazakh-British Technical University (KBTU), Almaty Management University (AlmaU), Suleyman Demirel University (SDU), Kazakh National Technical University and the Institute of Mathematics and Mathematical Modelling.
“The main directions of the courses are IT, business and telecommunications, because at the first stage the general partner of the project is Kcell, which is interested in the first courses to be in this sphere. In the next stage of the project, we plan to expand the number of directions,” project manager Ainur Satekova told The Astana Times.
OpenU’s platform is based on Open edX, which was created by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). https://www.edx.org/ However, I could only one Russian language course: https://www.edx.org/course/?search_query=Russian&language=Russian
MOOC-List has a few more courses in both Kazakh and Russian: https://www.mooc-list.com/language/kazakh
PAKISTAN - Virtual University of Pakistan - ورچوئل یونیورسٹی آف پاکستان
Pakistan has a very exciting, large and well-designed on-line learning center that is something like a "Super-MOOC" with about 150 learning center/branches all around Pakistan. They use online, TV and DVD instruction and have set up real-world testing and instruction centers. It's called: Virtual University of Pakistan (VU) sponsored by the Federal Government of Pakistan. In addition to the prescribed texts, comprehensive reading material / lecture notes in the form of web-enabled content are provided through a comprehensive Learning Management System (LMS) hosted on the VU Web Servers and accessible over the Internet. "Virtual campuses" provide the necessary infrastructure for students to pursue their studies at the University, especially if they do not have a computer and Internet access at home. They may well have established a blueprint/working model for virtual education that could easily be replicated in other nations where access to internet may be limited for a variety of reasons. The campuses also act as a social space especially for younger students where they can interact with their peers. The LMS also provides an e-mail facility to each and every student as well as discussion boards for interaction within the VU community. The Virtual University of Pakistan received its Federal Charter from the government in 2002 and launched two free to air Educational Broadcast Television Channels (VUTV 1 & VUTV 2) in 2004. In 2012 Student enrollment crossed the 100,000 mark, and Pakistan's Virtual University began to offer its educational resources from other universities free of cost. Their Global Languages website was launched in 2014, and PhD programs began in 2015. Currently they appear to offer around 180 courses making them one of the largest MOOC providers in the world.
English: http://www.vu.edu.pk/Default.aspx
Urdu: http://www.vu.edu.pk/Default.aspx
THAILAND
https://thaimooc.org
(Newest addition to this directory.)
[Online Graduate School Programs]
Graduate School of Business and Advanced Technology Management (GS-BATM) was established as an international online learning institution by the University Council of Assumption University on April 25, 2002 in order to provide an online learning system of distance education using the Internet as the core interface. In practice this is supplemented by off-line eLearning, M-Learning, AV media, and limited face-to-face interactions. At present, 5 degree programs are being offered at the GS-BATM comprising 3 master’s degree programs and 2 doctoral degree programs:
M.S. in Management
M.S. in Information Technology
M.Ed. in Teaching and Technology
Pd.D. in Technology, Education and Management
Ph.D. In Teaching and Technology
http://www.gradatm.au.edu/gsatm
Mahidol University - Biomedical and Health Informatics program - by the Faculty of Tropical Medicine. Online Master's of Science
Mahidol Bangkok School of Tropical Medicine, 3rd Floor, Chamlong Harinasuta Building
66 (0) 2306-9130 / tmbstm@mahidol.ac.th
https://mu-informatics.org/
Chulalongkorn University - Music Therapy - Master of Arts
Division of International Affairs
Faculty of Fine and Applied Arts
Chulalongkorn University
Phyathai Road, Wangmai,
Pathumwan, Bangkok
10330 Thailand
Email: cufaamt@gmail.com
Tel: +66 2218 4566
https://www.musictherapy.grad.chula.ac.th
TURKEY
Koç University (MOOC in Turkish language) https://www.class-central.com/university/koc
Telmooc.org claims to have classes in: Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea North, Korea South, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein and more
https://www.telmooc.org/user