MOOCs in the world. An overview Agenda
. ICT and learning
. MOOCs: An international overview
. MOOCs in Italy
. Recent trends
2 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) How we learn: identify the issues that students struggle with and how learning outcomes can be improved Adaptive learning Big Data
Source: Fevolden and Tomte (2015) 3 MOOC: acronym
. 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)
4 Growth of MOOCs
Source: Class Central, By the numbers: MOOCs in 2017 5 # registered students and market share by provider
37.0% 17.3% 11.5% 11.1% 8.8%
Source: Class Central, By the numbers: MOOCs in 2017 6 MOOCs distribution by subject
Source: Class Central, By the numbers: MOOCs in 2017 7 MOOCs in the US: the biggest global providers
COURSERA EDX . Founded by two Stanford Computer . Founded by Harvard University and MIT Science professors in 2012 in 2012 . 25 million learners . 14 million+ learners . 149 University partners worldwide . 130+ institutional partners worldwide . 2,000+ courses . 1,900+ courses . 180+ specializations . For a verified certificate, fees range . 4 degree programs between $50-$300 USD . Priced at about $29-$99 USD to earn course certificate
See also: Canvas Network, Udacity, Academic Earth, Khan Academy Source: Providers’ website 8 MOOCs in China
National providers Global providers (ex. Coursera . XuetangX and Edx) World’s first Chinese MOOC Ex. University of Peking, Shanghai platform Jiao Tong University, Nanjing Founded in 2013 by Tsinghua University University (Beijing) 11 million users Ex. In 2013, Coursera zone was 1,400 courses launched: a Chinese-language 500+ partners across the world 20 million enrollments portal to Coursera hosted on . Kaikeba, TopU.com, … NetEase’s popular open education website
Source: Providers’ website 9 MOOCs in Europe
OpenupED European MOOC consortium (EMC) Pan-European MOOC initiative launched Launched during the Online, Open and in April 2013 Flexible Higher Education Conference 2017 Founding partners: Founding partners: EADTU (European Association of FutureLearn (UK) Distance Teaching Universities) in France Université Numérique (France) collaboration with the European OpenupED (Europe) Commission Miríada X (Spain) EduOpen (Italy) Offering together almost a 1,000 MOOCs Large network of 250 higher education institutions
Source: Providers’ website 10 MOOCs in UK
National provider Global providers (ex. FutureLearn Coursera and Edx)
Launched in 2013 by the Open Ex. University of Oxford, University University of London, Imperial
143 Higher Education institutions College London, University of all around the world Manchester, University of Edinburgh, … 8 million subscribers
The majority of courses are free to join and study. Fees to earn a course certificate
Source: Providers’ website 11 MOOCs in Germany National providers: Global providers (ex. Coursera Iversity and Edx) Founded in 2011 by two students Launched its first MOOC in 2013 Ex. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Offers 60 courses in collaboration with Universities, companies and NGOs München, Technische Universität Academic and non academic partners all München over Europe Over 750,000 users 6 languages Open Hpi, OpenCourseWorld, Mooin,… Kiron (focus on access to HE for refugees)
Source: Providers’ website 12 MOOCs in France
National provider Global providers (ex. Coursera France Université Numérique and Edx)
Launched in 2013 by the Minister Ex. Sorbonne Université, HEC Paris, of Higher Education and Research Sciences Po, École Normal 50 Higher Education institutions in Supérieure, École Polytechnique, … France and abroad
1 million subscribers
150 courses
Courses in French and English
Payment for certification
Source: Providers’ website 13 MOOCs in Italy: from global to local providers
Global providers (ex. Coursera, EdX) European providers (ex. OpenupEnd)
National providers (ex. OpenEdu) Single- University platforms (ex. PoliMI)
14 MOOCs in Italy (1/2) Global Providers European providers
Coursera OpenupED Ex. Sapienza University of Rome, Ex. International Telematic Bocconi University, Technical University UNINETTUNO University of Milan EdX Ex. University of Naples Federico II
Source: Providers’ website 15 MOOCs in Italy (2/2) National Provider Single-University providers
EduOpen Ex. Polimi Open Knowledge Since April 2016 (MOOC programme of Technical A MIUR-funded project University of Milan), Federica 35,245 learners (University of Napoli Federico II) 155 courses 19 pathways Supported by Moodle 17 partner Universities
Source: Providers’ website 16 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)
17 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
18 HarvardX Learner Community
HarvardX Learner Community Massive Diverse Global 318,692 learners who are full- 6.59 million of registrations 67% learners outside the US time working professionals 34% learners who self-identify 30,349 unique learners per course 193 countries represented teachers/instructors 1.15 million learners in UN 130,194 certificates earned 73% learners who are Millenials Developing Nations
Learning @ HarvardX Activity Time Course 1.20 billion clicks 11.8 millions learner hours 172 course offerings 1.80 millions learner hours spent 34 courses in humanities, history, 81.8 millions problem attempted on problems religion, design and education
Source: Provider’s website 19 HarvardX Learners by country Estimated number of Rank Country Share registred students 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% Source: Provider’s website 20