Edraak gains popularity with huge number of registered users

AMMAN — In less than one month, more than 82,000 users have registered with Edraak, a not-for-profit platform for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in Arabic.

Launched by Her Majesty Queen Rania last month, the online platform has attracted a huge number of interested learners who signed up for a variety of online courses that Edraak started providing earlier this month.

Among the list of 10 courses currently provided by Edraak, “Introduction to Computer Science” has received the highest number of registrations so far, according to a statement released by the Queen’s office.

Other in-demand courses include “Introduction to Circuits and Electronics”, “Child Mental Health”, “CV and Cover Letter Writing”, and “Personal Branding”.

Edraak will also offer a new set of courses towards the end of August. Users can register through www.edraak.org.

An initiative of the Queen Rania Foundation for Education and Development, Edraak was developed based on edX technology, a leading global MOOC provider founded by Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US. 

The platform aspires to make quality education more accessible for a population that is thirsty for higher quality education by offering Arab learners access to courses taught at universities such as Harvard, MIT, and UC Berkeley, amongst others, at no cost to the learner, the statement said.

In addition, Edraak will develop its own courses in Arabic taught by leading Arab faculty members and well-known professionals and role models in a variety of fields, offering original Arabic content that addresses subject matters that are distinctive to the region.