MOOCs in the world. An overview
MOOCs in the world.
An overview
Agenda
ICT and learning
MOOCs: An international overview
MOOCs in Italy
Recent trends
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ICT and learning
ICT-based developments affect learning:
Where and When: off-campus courses, learning at a time and pace of
learners’ choosing
Online learning (E-learning)
Blended/Hybrid learning (supplement to traditional teaching)
Open Educational Resources (OER)
MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses)
Howwe learn: identify the issues that students struggle with and how
learning outcomes can be improved
Adaptive learning
Big Data
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Source: Fevolden and Tomte (2015)
MOOC: acronym
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Massive: large number of students
Open: stands for the gratuity and the availability of the courses
Online: MOOCs’ fundamental characteristic
The difference between the traditional courses and online MOOCs is represented
by the strong interaction between students, thus creating a two-way teaching
This gives also the opportunity to generate new set of data that are used in order
to improve the delivery of teaching (i.e. learning analytics)
Course: conversion of the classic teacher-student role. The teacher is no longer
seen as a leader, but a guide within the course. This new concept allows to better
take out the interaction between parties
(Huan, 2015)
Growth of MOOCs
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Source: Class Central, By the numbers: MOOCs in 2017
# registered students and market share by provider
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37.0% 17.3% 11.5% 11.1% 8.8%
Source: Class Central, By the numbers: MOOCs in 2017
MOOCs distribution by subject
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Source: Class Central, By the numbers: MOOCs in 2017
COURSERA
Founded by two Stanford Computer
Science professors in 2012
25 million learners
149 University partners worldwide
2,000+ courses
180+ specializations
4 degree programs
Priced at about $29-$99 USD to
earn course certificate
EDX
Founded by Harvard University and MIT
in 2012
14 million+ learners
130+ institutional partners worldwide
1,900+ courses
For a verified certificate, fees range
between $50-$300 USD
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MOOCs in the US: the biggest global providers
Source: Providers’ website
See also: Canvas Network, Udacity, Academic Earth, Khan Academy
National providers
XuetangX
World’s first Chinese MOOC
platform
Founded in 2013 by Tsinghua
University (Beijing)
11 million users
1,400 courses
500+ partners across the world
20 million enrollments
Kaikeba, TopU.com, …
Global providers (ex. Coursera
and Edx)
Ex. University of Peking, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, Nanjing
University
Ex. In 2013, Coursera zone was
launched: a Chinese-language
portal to Coursera hosted on
NetEase’s popular open education
website
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MOOCs in China
Source: Providers’ website
OpenupED
Pan-European MOOC initiative launched
in April 2013
Founding partners:
EADTU (European Association of
Distance Teaching Universities) in
collaboration with the European
Commission
European MOOC consortium
(EMC) Launched during the Online, Open and
Flexible Higher Education Conference
2017
Founding partners:
FutureLearn (UK)
France Université Numérique (France)
OpenupED (Europe)
Miríada X (Spain)
EduOpen (Italy)
Offering together almost a 1,000 MOOCs
Large network of 250 higher education
institutions
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MOOCs in Europe
Source: Providers’ website
National provider
FutureLearn
Launched in 2013 by the Open
University
143 Higher Education institutions
all around the world
8 million subscribers
The majority of courses are free to
join and study. Fees to earn a
course certificate
Global providers (ex.
Coursera and Edx)
Ex. University of Oxford,
University of London, Imperial
College London, University of
Manchester, University of
Edinburgh, …
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MOOCs in UK
Source: Providers’ website
National providers: Iversity
Founded in 2011 by two students
Launched its first MOOC in 2013
Offers 60 courses in collaboration with
Universities, companies and NGOs
Academic and non academic partners all
over Europe
Over 750,000 users
6 languages
Open Hpi, OpenCourseWorld,
Mooin,…
Kiron (focus on access to HE for refugees)
Global providers (ex. Coursera
and Edx)
Ex. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München, Technische Universität
München
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MOOCs in Germany
Source: Providers’ website
National provider
France Université Numérique
Launched in 2013 by the Minister
of Higher Education and Research
50 Higher Education institutions in
France and abroad
1 million subscribers
150 courses
Courses in French and English
Payment for certification
Global providers (ex. Coursera
and Edx)
Ex. Sorbonne Université, HEC Paris,
Sciences Po, École Normal
Supérieure, École Polytechnique, …
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MOOCs in France
Source: Providers’ website
MOOCs in Italy: from global to local providers
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Global providers(ex. Coursera,
EdX)European providers
(ex. OpenupEnd)
National providers (ex. OpenEdu)
Single-Universityplatforms
(ex. PoliMI)
Global Providers
Coursera
Ex. Sapienza University of Rome,
Bocconi University, Technical
University of Milan
EdX
Ex. University of Naples
Federico II
European providers
OpenupED
Ex. International Telematic
University UNINETTUNO
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MOOCs in Italy (1/2)
Source: Providers’ website
National Provider
EduOpen
Since April 2016
A MIUR-funded project
35,245 learners
155 courses
19 pathways
Supported by Moodle
17 partner Universities
Single-University providers
Ex. Polimi Open Knowledge
(MOOC programme of Technical
University of Milan), Federica
(University of Napoli Federico II)
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MOOCs in Italy (2/2)
Source: Providers’ website
MOOCs: Recent trends
Shift in priorities towards users who are willing to pay
MOOCs are losing their Open feature
¾ MOOCs learners hold a degree:
Key role in Life Long Learning within the changing job landscape
Most popular courses in 2017:
Artificial intelligence, bitcoin, programming, English, and learning skills
(Coursera)
English, Data Analysis, science of happiness, artificial intelligence,
cybersecurity, robotics, programming, architecture, Spanish (EdX)
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Case-study: HarvardX
HarvardX is a University-wide strategic initiative to enable
faculty to build and create open online learning experiences
for residential and online use, and to enable groundbreaking
research in online pedagogies
Launched in parallel with EdX, HarvardX is fully
independent
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HarvardX Learner Community
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HarvardX Learner Community
Massive Diverse Global
6.59 million of registrations 318,692 learners who are full-
time working professionals 67% learners outside the US
30,349 unique learners per course34% learners who self-identify
teachers/instructors 193 countries represented
130,194 certificates earned 73% learners who are Millenials1.15 million learners in UN
Developing Nations
Learning @ HarvardX
Activity Time Course
1.20 billion clicks 11.8 millions learner hours 172 course offerings
81.8 millions problem attempted1.80 millions learner hours spent
on problems34 courses in humanities, history,
religion, design and education
Source: Provider’s website
HarvardX Learners by countryRank Country
Estimated number of registred students
Share
1 United States 884,510 33.0%2 India 223,072 8.3%3 Regno Unito 117,376 4.4%4 Canada 106,482 4.0%5 Brazil 101,314 3.8%6 China 63,719 2.4%7 Australia 58,270 2.2%8 Germany 54,117 2.0%9 Spain 47,868 1.8%
10 Mexico 45,430 1.7%11 France 40,031 1.5%
12 Russia 33,496 1.2%13 Egypt 28,466 1.1%14 Colombia 28,401 1.1%15 Japan 25,910 1.0%16 Pakistan 25,582 1.0%
17 Ukraine 23,760 0.9%18 Polonia 23,027 0.9%19 Italy 22,889 0.9%20 Nigeria 22,639 0.8%21 Indonesia 17,690 0.7%22 Vietnam 15,650 0.6%23 Portugal 15,043 0.6%
World 2,681,656 100.0%
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Source: Provider’s website