Michael Gaebel (European University Association, EUA, Belgium). Michael Gaebel is the Head of the Higher Education Policy Unit, which focuses on the Bologna Process, lifelong learning, internationalisation and global dialogue. When he first joined the EUA in 2006, he was in charge of developing EUA’s international strategy and global exchange and cooperation. Mr. Gaebel is in charge of the EUA’s task force on MOOCs. The EUA represents and supports over 860 higher education institutions in 47 countries, providing them with a unique forum to cooperate and keep abreast of the latest trends in higher education and research policies.

1. MOOCs in Europe
Michael Gaebel
European University Association
20 June 2013

2. close to 900 members in 47
European countries (universities,
rectors’ conferences)
development of institutional good
practice
European research & education
policy making
collaboration with partner
organisations in Europe/
internationally

3. January 2013 membership consultation:
175 responses: university leadership & IRO
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4. European responses to MOOCs (1)
Growing involvement in edx, Coursera, Udacity …
Several European initiatives started or under preparation:
Open-up Ed - European open universities – 60 courses in
10 languages (April 2013)
FutureLearn UK (autumn 2013)
Miriada X – Spain
Iversity, Germany (2011/2): call for MOOC – competition –
from autumn on 12/100 courses?
Germany: early MOOCs for professional education (2011)
Orange: MOOCs for France (and Europe?)
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5. European responses to MOOCs (2)
Individual universities: Leuphana Lueneburg –
Germany
University consortia: EUROTECH (EPFL,
Eindhoven, TU Denmark, TU Munich)
Some countries abstain? Finland
How many institutions – how many courses?
 EPFL workshop – tour of Europe
Growing number of Ed-technology providers
EU: regular grant programme - Communication
on ‘Opening up education’
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6. Impact of MOOCs in Europe
Growing awareness for importance of HE learning and
teaching and diverse means of provision
New push for learning and teaching – complementing
Bologna
Internationalisation
Funding situation of European higher education
Cooperation with private providers
What means the first ‘O’?
Disruption, transformation?
European dimension
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7. European events relating to MOOCs
EUA Task Force to monitor MOOCs
EUA MOOC paper
http://www.eua.be/Libraries/Publication/EUA_Occasional_papers_MOOCs.
sflb.ashx
European Commission: Communication on
Opening up Education (Sept. 2013)
EUA-ACA policy seminar – Brussels, 10 October
2013
European conference on MOOCs - École polytechnique
fédérale de Lausanne, February 2014
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