Online Education Club is a social enterprise dedicated to making world-class education accessible in Azerbaijan. We believe every person has the right to have the same quality education wherever they live in the world. We utilize the second wave of open, online course ware (MOOCs) to create a learning community that will empower individuals in Azerbaijan to think differently and pursue their dreams.

1. Online Education Club
Azerbaijan
Accessible online
education
Vitaly Radsky

2. Online Education Club
 We believe every person has the right to
have the same quality education wherever
they live in the world.
 We utilize the second wave of open, online
courseware to create a learning community
that will bring free, international education
to Azerbaijan.

3. Online Education Club
OEC brings online education to non-native
English speakers in the developing world.
Online Education Club solves the biggest
problem with online education’s capability
to educate the world:
Despite its low costs, few can access it
because of lower educational standards
and English skills.

4. Traditional Online Learning
Model
Individual learning in pursuit of a degree or
certification

5. Alternate Model: Open
Courseware
 MIT, University of Michigan, Princeton, Yale
 No degree or certification

6. 2011: The New Wave of Online
Education
M- Massive
O- Open
O- Online
C- Courses
 Canvas Network-- https://www.canvas.net

7. The New MOOC Model
A network of
learners centered
around a free
and open online
course.

8. Problem: Online education isn’t
accessible

9. The Online Education Club
Model
Class Facilitator
Certificate

10. So how does OEC help?
 Adds tutors to free online classes from
Coursera, Udacity, and Edx.
 Builds an in-person learning community
Community
Language
 Class Leaders
 Discussion
 Study Assistance
 Leadership and organization
Education

11.  We have to get our hands dirty. Not
everything can be solved by start-ups
sitting in San Francisco and Cambridge,
MA.
For education to be successful, students, no
matter the age, need guidance. It is not
enough to say here is a great resource,
good luck!

12. A look ahead:
 Network of tutors that can basically cover every
class offered.
 Huge expansion in variety of online education– soon
classes on journalism, media, management will
become available
 Expansion across Azerbaijan
 Certificates
 Online portal
 Grading services
 Translations into Azeri

13. 4 Business Models

14. Universities
agree to credit
sharing for OEC
classes
University
Model 1: University
University
2
Universities
provide
professors and
1enrolled
students
Revenue Strategy
Universities provide
funding
University
3
OEC
Professors and
enrolled
students
University
Organizatio
n, tutors,
central
platform
4

15. Model 2: Going Abroad (Elite)
FLEX
Exchange
programs set
requirements
for # of classes
and grades
UGRAD
SUSI
OEC
Abroad
Educati
on
Fulbright
Erasmus
Mundus
DAAD
Exchange
programs
provide
students
Revenue Strategy
Donors (U.S. State Dept,
Erasmus Mundus, DAAD)
provide funding

16. Model 3: Open
Students
•OEC
• Certification through longterm commitment (series of 2
or 4 classes)
Professionals
Revenue Strategy
Extra student services– hand-grade
exams, certificates, job placement
(principle that classes should be free but
additional services for a charge– same that
is being pursued by Coursera and other
MOOC providers right now)

17. Model 4: Corporate Training
Business
OEC
NGOs
Government
Revenue– Company, NGO, Govt. trainings
through classes

18. Thank You