The Kerala Open University (KOU), which has been proposed along the lines of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), will come into being from the 2020-21 academic year. The open university will enable the government to bring all distance education and private registration programmes under a roof. The existing distance education facilities of the universities will also become regional centres of the KOU. The proposed university, which will offer courses in science and humanities, will ensure priority to vocational and skill development courses. Besides the conventional courses, the university will also offer massive open online courses (MOOC).

Source: The Hindu June 12, 2019 17:55 UTC