Darco Jansen gave a presentation on 16 June 2016 about MOOC opportunities and role of EADTU at the launch of the UNESCO/COL MOOC report.

1. MOOC opportunities
and role of EADTU
Darco Jansen, EADTU

2. EADTU
• The European association of leading institutions in online,
open and flexible higher education, at the heart of the
modernisation agenda of European universities.
• EADTU is a key-partner of the European Commission for
lifelong open and flexible learning in distance higher education

3. EADTU – policy areas
• Lifelong Learning
• Research & Innovation
• Open Education & MOOCs
• Virtual Mobility
• Skills & Employability
• Quality Assurance

4. EADTU members
11 : Number of Open and
distance teaching universities
14 Associations or consortia of
conventional universities
2 Single university
membership for associations
in development
2 Associated members
European coverage: 71%

6. Services open to all HEI

7. OpenupEd
MOOCs
in Europe:
- characteristics
- state of play
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8. OpenupEd
EADTU is coordinating OpenupEd : an open, non-profit
partnership on MOOCs
OpenupEd aims to contribute to opening up education to the
benefit of learners and the wider society while reflecting values
such as equity, quality and diversity.
Offering over 200 MOOCs in 14 different languages.
• 15 European partners + Athabasca (Canada)
• NOUN (Nigeria) is associated partner since end 2015
Darco Jansen

9. Drivers for learners - MOOCs for Opening up Education
MOOCs should be designed such that all unnecessary barriers to
learning are removed, while aiming to provide students with a
reasonable chance of success in education.
• All unnecessary barriers to learning should be removed, both at the
entry into learning and along the learning path
• Learners should be facilitated with appropriate incentives to make
progress and to succeed in their learning efforts

10. OpenupEd’s Mission
1. Contribute to Opening up Education by removing barriers and
offering incentives as much as possible
2. Cherish the Values for Education in societies: equity, diversity,
quality, and autonomy
Characteristics
• Learner-at-the-Centre & Self-study
• High-quality Learning Materials
• Diversity in Language & Culture
• Public Domain & Decentralized

11. Globalising OpenupEd

12. Darco Jansen

13. Opening up
Education
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14. MOOCs in Europe: strength by diversity?
• EU launch (Sept 2013): Opening up Education.
• Two major goals
• Innovate teaching and learning for all through ICT
• Reshape / modernize EU education through OER (for all
educational sectors and levels)
• Many EU-funded projects on MOOCs (from 2014…)

15. Europe much more involved in MOOCs
Darco Jansen

16. MOOC offering in Europe
• European institutions are more involved in MOOCs than the US
• Is Eastern Europe going to be involved significantly as well?
• In Czech Republic 66% is planning a MOOC
• In Poland 24%
• Large US and EU differences:
• ECTS framework
• Difference between higher educational systems.
Continental European related to state funding - most institutions
have equal resources
Market-based US model has mixed private-public funding and
provision with large differences between HEIs.
• Research into the main motives to be involved (or not) in MOOCs?
Darco Jansen

17. Making Sense of MOOCs: A Guide for Policy Makers in
Developing Countries
• MOOCs are still a powerful tool to provide quality education for all
• MOOCs should essentially be about
• Open(ing up) education
• Scalability by the use of online tools
• As such we should embrace diversity – equity and increase accessibility
MOOC provision (and collaboration on shared services) should account for
diverse languages, cultures, settings, pedagogies and technologies
• Generic MOOC model needs to be re-engineered to allow for a broad
spectrum of approaches and contexts.
• As such different regional strategies are necessary to leverage the full
potential of online learning and MOOCs for education and development.
• Cross-institutional and cross-continental collaboration needed.
Darco Jansen

18. • Support the setup of regional support centres for the
development and use of MOOCs and Open Education.
• Most countries of the partnership already started with some
way of cross-institutional support of open education and/or
MOOCs (e.g., Norway, France, the Netherlands, Ireland).
• The partners will exchange and jointly develop expertise and
will develop a common approach.
• Transfer of possible models of regional support centers on
MOOCs and Open Education to other countries and regions
Darco Jansen

19. Thank you!!!
Darco.Jansen@eadtu.eu
Coordinator
Partner