The Silicon Review ^Asia

XuetangX, a Chinese education platform has recently partnered with Microsoft to launch a micro degree in business application talent development in China. The launch was announced during a recent education integration development forum.

XuetangX is a global learning platform. It brings education resources from enterprises, schools, enterprises, etc which helps people to gain access to knowledge, certificates, credits and even degrees at a low cost. Currently, there are more than 13 million users enrolled to more than 1500 MOOCs courses and programs.

Students can enroll in courses such as sales processes, product structure, business opportunity management, marketing, etc during their micro-degree program. Junior college and degree students can join the program, but the platform has kept the program open even for working personnel like It managers, business managers, architectures, etc.

During the program, students will learn about applications like customizing a no-node platform for different clients and speeding-up enterprise transformation and study about Microsoft’s intelligent products.

In addition, once a student completes the course and clears the exams, they will get a chance to get a sponsored recommendation to work in Microsoft’s partner firms like VIVO, TCL, and OPPO.

“The future of education must combine offline and online courses. In-depth thinking and forward-looking judgments about education in the future prompted XuetangX to launch the new MOOC + model, which promotes educational change and meets the needs of lifelong learning and knowledge renewal”, said Li Chao, CEO, XuetangX.