THE STATESMAN
New Delhi
Friday August 4' 2000

" Click to download 'a degree"

An Internet degree? Sit at home and get yourself an education

R JAYACHANDRAN reports

You can get-a degree via the Internet from the comforts of your home. This will be made possible with the launch of the site, OpenlearningWorld.com.

It is all set to offer a new class of online education and training portal for medium to large corporations, professional training institutions and university academic institutions, in the first week of August. The portal is especially de- signed to facilitate an interactive, cost effective, anytime, anyplace –convenience to its customers.

The portal offers services ranging from easy and quick access to various courses such as e-Commerce, Customer Relationship Management, Knowledge Management, Attracting Venture Capital Funding, Diploma in Network and Internet Technology, Multimedia, etc., class content, enhanced communication between   faculty/students through personal chat sessions and e-mail facilities every week along with submission of assignment and inquiries and application to buy books and supplies on-line, would also be available.

Further, OpenlearningWorld.com has a "subject expert channel" through which students can get maximum knowledge, information and practical and theoretical experience from a team of distinguished people from the corporate and academic institutions.

It also offers a personal page to each student to enable him to access any information on any course on our portal.

The job desk of the company would also help the students with placements, by posting their resumes online.

Elaborating on the rationale -behind the introduction, Anurag Jain, Chief Executive Officer, said, "Our constant and conscious effort is to provide up-to-date information on various courses and other maximum exposure to customers, enabling them to get a degree via the Internet from the comfort of their homes. Additionally, Open-learningWorld.com is a highly customised portal to benefit and suit the needs of the students/universities/institutes by offering modules "for bringing their degrees, diplomas and certificates courseware online with rich multimedia for a better e-learning experience. Facilities for online registration, admission and other procedures are also being provided. Apart  from  this, OpenlearnirigWorld.com has also tied up with leading institutes in India and is launching their degrees/certificates/diplomas online.

It is claimed that the arrival has been appreciated and approved by institutes such as All India Management Association, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, National Institute of Advertising, National Institute of   Fashion Technology, etc.