diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/course.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/course.py
index 57da0c54350..856f0afd6c8 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/course.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/course.py
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@
     CourseInstructorRole,
     CourseStaffRole,
     GlobalStaff,
-    UserBasedRole
+    UserBasedRole,
+    CourseRerunCreatorRole,
+    OrgRerunCreatorRole,
+    OrgCourseCreatorRole,
 )
 from common.djangoapps.util.course import get_link_for_about_page
 from common.djangoapps.util.date_utils import get_default_time_display
@@ -304,10 +307,11 @@ def course_rerun_handler(request, course_key_string):
     GET
         html: return html page with form to rerun a course for the given course id
     """
-    # Only global staff (PMs) are able to rerun courses during the soft launch
-    if not GlobalStaff().has_user(request.user):
-        raise PermissionDenied()
     course_key = CourseKey.from_string(course_key_string)
+
+    if not GlobalStaff().has_user(request.user) and not _rerun_permission(request.user, course_key):
+        raise PermissionDenied()
+
     with modulestore().bulk_operations(course_key):
         course_module = get_course_and_check_access(course_key, request.user, depth=3)
         if request.method == 'GET':
@@ -550,6 +554,8 @@ def format_in_process_course_view(uca):
     split_archived = settings.FEATURES.get('ENABLE_SEPARATE_ARCHIVED_COURSES', False)
     active_courses, archived_courses = _process_courses_list(courses_iter, in_process_course_actions, split_archived)
     in_process_course_actions = [format_in_process_course_view(uca) for uca in in_process_course_actions]
+    active_courses = _set_rerun_permission_for_courses(user, active_courses)
+    archived_courses = _set_rerun_permission_for_courses(user, archived_courses)
 
     return render_to_response('index.html', {
         'courses': active_courses,
@@ -849,11 +855,17 @@ def _create_or_rerun_course(request):
     Returns the destination course_key and overriding fields for the new course.
     Raises DuplicateCourseError and InvalidKeyError
     """
-    if not auth.user_has_role(request.user, CourseCreatorRole()):
-        raise PermissionDenied()
-
     try:
         org = request.json.get('org')
+
+        rerun_permission = (
+            OrgRerunCreatorRole(org).has_user(request.user)
+            or OrgCourseCreatorRole(org).has_user(request.user)
+        )
+
+        if not auth.user_has_role(request.user, CourseCreatorRole()) and not rerun_permission:
+            raise PermissionDenied()
+
         course = request.json.get('number', request.json.get('course'))
         display_name = request.json.get('display_name')
         # force the start date for reruns and allow us to override start via the client
@@ -1863,3 +1875,24 @@ def _get_course_creator_status(user):
         course_creator_status = 'granted'
 
     return course_creator_status
+
+
+def _rerun_permission(user, course_key):
+    """
+    Helper method to check if user can rerun-course
+    """
+    return (
+        CourseRerunCreatorRole(course_key).has_user(user)
+        or OrgRerunCreatorRole(course_key.org).has_user(user)
+    )
+
+
+def _set_rerun_permission_for_courses(user, courses):
+    """
+    iterate over courses dict and set the key 'rerun_permission'
+    """
+    for course in courses:
+        course_key = CourseKey.from_string(course['course_key'])
+        course['rerun_permission'] = _rerun_permission(user, course_key)
+
+    return courses
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/organization.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/organization.py
index 7ece98201ac..f29e3efa02b 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/organization.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/organization.py
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ class OrganizationListView(View):
     @method_decorator(login_required)
     def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=unused-argument
         """Returns organization list as json."""
-        organizations = get_organizations()
-        org_names_list = [(org["short_name"]) for org in organizations]
+        # EDUNEXT: Organizations list must not be visible for users, reason why an empty array is returned
+        org_names_list = []
         return HttpResponse(dump_js_escaped_json(org_names_list), content_type='application/json; charset=utf-8')  # lint-amnesty, pylint: disable=http-response-with-content-type-json
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_course_index.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_course_index.py
index 92e428c5851..cf9ffde1d08 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_course_index.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_course_index.py
@@ -385,13 +385,13 @@ def check_index_page(self, separate_archived_courses, org):
 
     @ddt.data(
         # Staff user has course staff access
-        (True, 'staff', None, 3, 18),
-        (False, 'staff', None, 3, 18),
+        (True, 'staff', None, 3, 20),
+        (False, 'staff', None, 3, 20),
         # Base user has global staff access
-        (True, 'user', ORG, 3, 18),
-        (False, 'user', ORG, 3, 18),
-        (True, 'user', None, 3, 18),
-        (False, 'user', None, 3, 18),
+        (True, 'user', ORG, 3, 20),
+        (False, 'user', ORG, 3, 20),
+        (True, 'user', None, 3, 20),
+        (False, 'user', None, 3, 20),
     )
     @ddt.unpack
     def test_separate_archived_courses(self, separate_archived_courses, username, org, mongo_queries, sql_queries):
diff --git a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_organizations.py b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_organizations.py
index 6f3b6767110..51dd6c39262 100644
--- a/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_organizations.py
+++ b/cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/tests/test_organizations.py
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ def setUp(self):
         self.staff = UserFactory(is_staff=True)
         self.client.login(username=self.staff.username, password='test')
         self.org_names_listing_url = reverse('organizations')
-        self.org_short_names = ["alphaX", "betaX", "orgX"]
+        # EDUNEXT: Organizations list must not be visible for users, reason why an empty array is set
+        self.org_short_names = []
         for index, short_name in enumerate(self.org_short_names):
             add_organization(organization_data={
                 'name': 'Test Organization %s' % index,
diff --git a/cms/static/js/features_jsx/studio/CourseOrLibraryListing.jsx b/cms/static/js/features_jsx/studio/CourseOrLibraryListing.jsx
index ef925419efb..7d8fde5d6b4 100644
--- a/cms/static/js/features_jsx/studio/CourseOrLibraryListing.jsx
+++ b/cms/static/js/features_jsx/studio/CourseOrLibraryListing.jsx
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export function CourseOrLibraryListing(props) {
               </a>
               { item.lms_link && item.rerun_link &&
               <ul className="item-actions course-actions">
-                { allowReruns &&
+                { (allowReruns || item.rerun_permission) &&
                 <li className="action action-rerun">
                   <a
                     href={item.rerun_link}
diff --git a/cms/templates/index.html b/cms/templates/index.html
index 723bfa694e2..b84fc7ff025 100644
--- a/cms/templates/index.html
+++ b/cms/templates/index.html
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 from openedx.core.djangolib.js_utils import (
       dump_js_escaped_json
   )
+from opaque_keys.edx.keys import CourseKey
+from common.djangoapps.student.roles import OrgRerunCreatorRole, UserBasedRole
 %>
 
 <%inherit file="base.html" />
@@ -22,6 +24,21 @@
 </%block>
 
 <%block name="content">
+
+  <%
+    org_course_creator_status = 'notgranted'
+    org_course_creator_allowed_org = []
+    all_roles = UserBasedRole(request.user, 'org_course_creator_group').courses_with_role()
+    if all_roles:
+        org_course_creator_status = 'granted'
+        org_course_creator_allowed_org = [x.org for x in all_roles]
+    else:
+        org_course_creator_status = 'notgranted'
+        org_course_creator_allowed_org = []
+    course_creator_permission_granted = course_creator_status == 'granted' or org_course_creator_status == 'granted'
+    course_creator_permission_denied = course_creator_status == 'unrequested' and org_course_creator_status != 'granted'
+  %>
+
 <div class="wrapper-mast wrapper">
   <header class="mast has-actions">
     <h1 class="page-header">${_("{studio_name} Home").format(studio_name=settings.STUDIO_SHORT_NAME)}</h1>
@@ -31,7 +48,7 @@ <h1 class="page-header">${_("{studio_name} Home").format(studio_name=settings.ST
       <h3 class="sr">${_("Page Actions")}</h3>
       <ul>
         <li class="nav-item">
-          % if course_creator_status=='granted':
+          % if course_creator_permission_granted:
           <a href="#" class="button new-button new-course-button"><span class="icon fa fa-plus icon-inline" aria-hidden="true"></span>
               ${_("New Course")}</a>
           % elif course_creator_status=='disallowed_for_this_site' and settings.FEATURES.get('STUDIO_REQUEST_EMAIL',''):
@@ -53,7 +70,7 @@ <h3 class="sr">${_("Page Actions")}</h3>
   <section class="content">
     <article class="content-primary" role="main">
 
-      % if course_creator_status=='granted':
+      % if course_creator_permission_granted:
       <div class="wrapper-create-element wrapper-create-course">
         <form class="form-create create-course course-info" id="create-course-form" name="create-course-form">
           <div class="wrap-error">
@@ -81,12 +98,20 @@ <h3 class="title">${_("Create a New Course")}</h3>
                   <label for="new-course-org">${_("Organization")}</label>
                   ## Translators: This is an example for the name of the organization sponsoring a course, seen when filling out the form to create a new course. The organization name cannot contain spaces.
                   ## Translators: "e.g. UniversityX or OrganizationX" is a placeholder displayed when user put no data into this field.
-                  <input class="new-course-org" id="new-course-org" type="text" name="new-course-org" required placeholder="${_('e.g. UniversityX or OrganizationX')}" aria-describedby="tip-new-course-org tip-error-new-course-org" />
-                  <span class="tip" id="tip-new-course-org">${Text(_("The name of the organization sponsoring the course. {strong_start}Note: The organization name is part of the course URL.{strong_end} This cannot be changed, but you can set a different display name in Advanced Settings later.")).format(
-                      strong_start=HTML('<strong>'),
-                      strong_end=HTML('</strong>'),
-                  )}</span>
-                  <span class="tip tip-error is-hiding" id="tip-error-new-course-org"></span>
+                   % if org_course_creator_allowed_org:
+                    <select class="new-course-org" id="new-course-org" name="new-course-org" required aria-describedby="tip-new-course-org tip-error-new-course-org">
+                      %for org in org_course_creator_allowed_org:
+                      <option value="${ org }">${ org }</option>
+                      %endfor
+                    </select>
+                  % else:
+                    <input class="new-course-org" id="new-course-org" type="text" name="new-course-org" required placeholder="${_('e.g. UniversityX or OrganizationX')}" aria-describedby="tip-new-course-org tip-error-new-course-org" />
+                    <span class="tip" id="tip-new-course-org">${Text(_("The name of the organization sponsoring the course. {strong_start}Note: The organization name is part of the course URL.{strong_end} This cannot be changed, but you can set a different display name in Advanced Settings later.")).format(
+                        strong_start=HTML('<strong>'),
+                        strong_end=HTML('</strong>'),
+                    )}</span>
+                    <span class="tip tip-error is-hiding" id="tip-error-new-course-org"></span>
+                  % endif
                 </li>
 
                 <li class="field text required" id="field-course-number">
@@ -372,7 +397,7 @@ <h3 class="title">${_("Are you staff on an existing {studio_name} course?").form
           </div>
         </div>
 
-        %if course_creator_status == "granted":
+        %if course_creator_permission_granted:
         <div class="notice-item has-actions">
           <div class="msg">
             <h3 class="title">${_('Create Your First Course')}</h3>
@@ -393,7 +418,7 @@ <h3 class="title">${_('Create Your First Course')}</h3>
       % endif
 
 
-      %if course_creator_status == "unrequested":
+      %if course_creator_permission_denied:
       <div class="wrapper wrapper-creationrights">
         <h3 class="title">
           <a href="#instruction-creationrights" class="ui-toggle-control show-creationrights"><span class="label">${_('Becoming a Course Creator in {studio_name}').format(studio_name=settings.STUDIO_SHORT_NAME)}</span> <span class="icon fa fa-times-circle" aria-hidden="true"></span></a>
diff --git a/common/djangoapps/student/roles.py b/common/djangoapps/student/roles.py
index 052eb30862d..a251372e938 100644
--- a/common/djangoapps/student/roles.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/student/roles.py
@@ -291,6 +291,33 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         super().__init__(self.ROLE, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
+@register_access_role
+class CourseRerunCreatorRole(CourseRole):
+    """A course staff with ability to rerun"""
+    ROLE = 'rerun_creator'
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(self.ROLE, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+@register_access_role
+class OrgRerunCreatorRole(OrgRole):
+    """An ORG staff with ability to rerun all courses"""
+    ROLE = 'org_rerun_creator_group'
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(self.ROLE, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+@register_access_role
+class OrgCourseCreatorRole(OrgRole):
+    """An ORG staff with ability to create new courses"""
+    ROLE = 'org_course_creator_group'
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(self.ROLE, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
 @register_access_role
 class LibraryUserRole(CourseRole):
     """