The document discusses a webinar about sustainable business models for MOOCs and the need for cross-institutional cooperation. It focuses on interculturality and social inclusion, which are central to the ECO project. Intercultural intelligence is distributed across countries and cultures. The webinar addresses starting points for reflection on aligning altruistic values with project monetization. It also discusses ensuring accessibility and social inclusion through open and decentralized learning models that break down cultural barriers and follow open web standards.

1. Competitiveness and Innovation
Framework Programme (CIP)
Project no.: 621127
Promotion of social inclusion and intercultural
values through ECO decentralized models
by Angela Benavides Barahona, UNED
ECO Project WP6: Exploitation, commercialization and marketing.
WEBINAR:
Sustainable Business models for MOOCs: the need for cross-
institutional cooperation

2. Elearning, Communication and Open-data:
Massive Mobile, Ubiquitous and Open Learning
ECO WEBINAR September 28th, 2016
Cross-cultural approach:
Interculturality and Social Inclusion - central in ECO Project

3. Elearning, Communication and Open-data:
Massive Mobile, Ubiquitous and Open Learning
ECO WEBINAR September 28th, 2016
Interculturality
In ECO, collective intelligence is also intelligence distributed across
countries and Cultures (Meigs, 2016)
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-662-52925-6_9
Social Inclusion
Awarded at
http://www.in
nodoct.org/

4. Elearning, Communication and Open-data:
Massive Mobile, Ubiquitous and Open Learning
ECO WEBINAR September 28th, 2016
Starting points for reflection
Altruistic values - project monetization
Contradiction?
Impact on business models:
- Make them happen
- Make them work
- Make them sustainable.

5. Elearning, Communication and Open-data:
Massive Mobile, Ubiquitous and Open Learning
ECO WEBINAR September 28th, 2016
Transversality – cross-cultural acceptation
- Inclusive, open to new partners worldwide
- Decentralized model have an impact on mind-opened horizons
- sMOOC is based on horizontal, inclusive, collective building of knowledge
and shared points of view – contribution to break cultural barriers.

6. Elearning, Communication and Open-data:
Massive Mobile, Ubiquitous and Open Learning
ECO WEBINAR September 28th, 2016
Accesibility – social inclussion through action
- Core-issue at ECO project.
- All materials follow :
World Wide Web Consortium rules
https://www.w3.org/
- Options for branding and related services.
- Impact on credibility.

7. Elearning, Communication and Open-data:
Massive Mobile, Ubiquitous and Open Learning
ECO WEBINAR September 28th, 2016
Accesibility in action on ECO MOOCs:
(sMOOC step by Step)
https://hub0.ecolearning.eu/course/smooc-step-by-step-
3ed/classroom/#unit79/kq189

8. Elearning, Communication and Open-data:
Massive Mobile, Ubiquitous and Open Learning
ECO WEBINAR September 28th, 2016
MOOCs approached from CSR
- MOOCs values coherent with Corporate Social Responsibility in private
companies
- Common ground with non-profit institution and public entities – enlarging
horizons towards public-private ventures.