How long will MOOCs be open?
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This document discusses the sustainability of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). It notes that while MOOCs aim to be openly accessible, their production costs are high, ranging from $39,000 to $325,000 per course. As such, university and MOOC platform leaders have announced plans to offer some courses with fees to help cover costs. The document predicts that in the future, European universities will no longer be able to afford offering free MOOCs and professional education courses may become an important revenue source, creating a gap between MOOC platforms and universities. It raises open educational resources using Creative Commons licenses as a sustainable alternative business model.
![Announcements
I think [Stanford] will have
low cost, high volume, but
non-free courses online that
will help make our online
programmes sustainable.
John Mitchell (August 2014)
Vice-provost for online learning and
overseer of Stanford’s Mooc programme](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/2014kopphowlongwillmoocsbeopen-141202014054-conversion-gate02/85/How-long-will-MOOCs-be-open-5-320.jpg)
How long will MOOCs be open?
- 1. How long will MOOCs be open? Michael Kopp December 5th, 2014 Online Educa Berlin Graphic items on the front page are not included
- 2. Openness • Freely accessible • No prerequisites required • Copyright protection • Long-term availability • Reuse of content
- 3. High Production Costs Ins$tu$on MOOC-‐Type Weeks Es$mated costs Teachers College, Columbia University* xMOOC 8 $ 38,980 University of Manitoba* cMOOC 12 $ 65,800 – 71,800 American Museum of Natural History* xMOOC 4 $ 104,620 Large Midwestern University* xMOOC 5-‐8 $ 203,770 – 325,330 University of Graz / Graz University of Technology xMOOC 6-‐9 $ 31,200 – 37,500 * Hollands, F. M., & Tirthali, D. (2014). MOOCs: expecta$ons and reality. Full report. Center for Benefit-‐ Cost Studies of Educa$on, Teachers College, Columbia University, NY. Retrieved from: hdp://cbcse.org/wordpress/wp-‐ content/uploads/2014/05/MOOCs_Expecta$ons_and_Reality.pdf
- 4. Poor Business Models • Certificates • Personal Mentoring • Licensing Models • Advertising and Sponsoring • Trading Data • Venture Capital
- 5. Announcements I think [Stanford] will have low cost, high volume, but non-free courses online that will help make our online programmes sustainable. John Mitchell (August 2014) Vice-provost for online learning and overseer of Stanford’s Mooc programme
- 6. Announcements Professional education courses are fee-based and will help us further this goal of sustainability, for both edX and our partners. Anant Agarwal (January 2014) edX CEO
- 7. In the Future • (Continental European) Universities will not any longer afford to offer MOOCs for free • Further / Professional Education will become an (even more) important market segment • A gap will arise between MOOC-platform- providers and universities
- 8. Open Educational Resources? • Educational resources that can be freely used and modified • Using Creative Commons licenses • Business model that suits taxpayers • Avoidance of copyright issues
- 9. Thank you for your attention! Michael Kopp @koanmi michael.kopp@uni-graz.at www.imoox.at Presentation on Slideshare http://de.slideshare.net/anmw/2014- kopp-how-long-will-moocs-be-open