Comparing MOOC Adoption Strategies in Europe: Results from the HOME Project Survey

Much of the literature and the academic discussion about the impact of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) in institutional strategic planning has been centred on the US context. However, data shows that although the US are responsible for the largest MOOC platforms and the most successful course pro...

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Autores principales: Darco Jansen, Robert Schuwer, Antonio Teixeira, Cengiz Hakan Aydin
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:84f3987a01dd4b88991fe32f097069ec2021-12-02T16:59:54ZComparing MOOC Adoption Strategies in Europe: Results from the HOME Project Survey10.19173/irrodl.v16i6.21541492-3831https://doaj.org/article/84f3987a01dd4b88991fe32f097069ec2015-12-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/2154https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831Much of the literature and the academic discussion about the impact of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) in institutional strategic planning has been centred on the US context. However, data shows that although the US are responsible for the largest MOOC platforms and the most successful course provision, it is the European region which accounts for the highest percentage of global MOOC participation. Differently from the US Higher Education system framework, however, in Europe public policy and in particular the European Commission is now driving MOOC institutional uptake. Given the very different institutional, political and cultural contexts, it is interesting to analyse how in these two different regions Higher Education institutions are responding to the challenges of the MOOC phenomena and are integrating it in their own strategic planning. The current research presents the first attempt to conduct a benchmarking study of institutional MOOC strategies in Europe and the US. It's based on a survey launched by the EU-funded project HOME and compares results with a similar survey launched in the US. Results show that are significant differences in how US and European institutions understand the impact of massive forms of open education and also how they perceive the efficiency of digital education and online learning. Darco JansenRobert SchuwerAntonio TeixeiraCengiz Hakan AydinAthabasca University PressarticleMOOCsInstitutional strategiesHigher EducationSurveyopen educationonline learningSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 16, Iss 6 (2015)
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topic MOOCs
Institutional strategies
Higher Education
Survey
open education
online learning
Special aspects of education
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Institutional strategies
Higher Education
Survey
open education
online learning
Special aspects of education
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Darco Jansen
Robert Schuwer
Antonio Teixeira
Cengiz Hakan Aydin
Comparing MOOC Adoption Strategies in Europe: Results from the HOME Project Survey
description Much of the literature and the academic discussion about the impact of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) in institutional strategic planning has been centred on the US context. However, data shows that although the US are responsible for the largest MOOC platforms and the most successful course provision, it is the European region which accounts for the highest percentage of global MOOC participation. Differently from the US Higher Education system framework, however, in Europe public policy and in particular the European Commission is now driving MOOC institutional uptake. Given the very different institutional, political and cultural contexts, it is interesting to analyse how in these two different regions Higher Education institutions are responding to the challenges of the MOOC phenomena and are integrating it in their own strategic planning. The current research presents the first attempt to conduct a benchmarking study of institutional MOOC strategies in Europe and the US. It's based on a survey launched by the EU-funded project HOME and compares results with a similar survey launched in the US. Results show that are significant differences in how US and European institutions understand the impact of massive forms of open education and also how they perceive the efficiency of digital education and online learning.
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Antonio Teixeira
Cengiz Hakan Aydin
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title Comparing MOOC Adoption Strategies in Europe: Results from the HOME Project Survey
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