MOOC Wow - Free MBA Taster Courses

12 August 2016 | Updated 01 January 1970

Imperial College Business School has launched its first series of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), designed to provide essential skills to people who are considering an MBA degree. It will be the first time that Imperial is offering a free online taster of its MBA to students who have yet to meet its rigorous entry requirements.

The free courses are offered as part of a new agreement between Imperial College London and edX, a non-profit online learning destination founded by Harvard and MIT that offers free courses from the world’s top universities to over eight million learners all around the world. Imperial will join more than 100 global institutions to offer subjects in science, technology and business.

Essentials of MBA Success

The new Essentials of MBA Success courses have been created to provide a solid grounding in the foundation topics needed to embark on an MBA. The four courses will cover maths, finance, data analysis and accounting. The courses are now open for enrolment and will start on 17 October.

Drawing on Imperial’s expertise from its Global Online MBA degree, the MOOC courses are targeted at people who are ready to start an MBA degree and want to identify any gaps in their knowledge before they undertake a full degree. The courses are also designed to appeal to learners who have studied management topics in the past and are considering applying for an MBA.

Dr David Lefevre, Director of the Edtech Lab at Imperial College Business School said: “As an active participant in the use of edtech and online programmes, Imperial recognises the growing need for flexible learning programmes that cater for people’s busy lifestyles. MBA programmes and business education generally, can change lives and through the edX partnership we are enabling more people from all over the world to access our expertise in business education.”

The Essentials of MBA Success courses offered by Imperial College Business School will start on 17 October and run until 2 December 2016. For further information or to sign up, Click Here

Article written by Cathryn Ellis | Published 12 August 2016