On Monday, March 03, 2014 03:17:36 PM Guru गुरु wrote: > NPTEL have come out with a course on Programming, Data Structures and > Algorithms <https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/programming101> which is > laudable... it is perhaps the first MOOC offering from MHRD. > However to > Sign Up <https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/programming101/register> > > A gmail account seems to be compulsory. Not clear why some one who wants > to study a course from MHRD, Government of India MUST have a GMAIL id? > (I think not long ago, Google's offer to Election Commission to 'manage > the voter information' was rejected but only after some protests from > political parties). > > Does anyone have more info on this matter? >
When I saw the ad in the paper the other day, I found the footer of the ad has google as one of the partner. I am sure they are using google apps for this mooc. therefore, without gmail id the students cannot register. Also if you see the header of the ad, all the iits have been listed. What a share? Even wth all the iits of India put together they cannot make a mooc platform that can free the Indian students the dependence from Google. I think we should send a representation immediately. Immediate reactions sometimes work. Let us do a campaign! What do others think about this? -- GN
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