MOOCs For Vietnamese Learners
Trinh Phuc Tho
Massive Open Online Courses

• MOOCs in Brief
• Global MOOC Statistics
• Opportunity for MOOCs in Vietnam
• Building a MOOC Platform
What will be covered?

MOOCs in Brief
• Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) is a
recent development in online education
• MOOC aims at unlimited participation and
open access via the Web
• MOOC is changing how education is delivered
and funded around the world

MOOCs in Brief
• Key Characteristics
– Be delivered online openly and freely
• tought by professors at top universities
• help promote reuse and repackaging of faculty material
• provide access to material freely
– Don’t enforce prerequisites
• In contrast with traditional on-campus courses

MOOCs in Brief
• Key Stakeholders
– MOOC publishers
• Coursera, Udacity, EdX,…
• Currently provide courses for free, but are ultimately
profit-driven enterprises
– Universities/Professors
– Traditional and non-traditional students
• Parents, working adults,…
– Companies/Employers
• use data on student performance and credentials

Student Benefits from MOOCs

Global Major MOOC Providers

Global Courses Offered

Prior Education Level

Student Engagement

Top Student Countries

Opportunity for MOOCs in Vietnam
(Discussion)

Building a MOOC Platform
• Considerations

Building a MOOC Platform
• Venture Capital Funding

Building a MOOC Platform
• Road-map
1. Start by offering courses in the most attractive areas
(mostly for free): Basic IT skills and Communication
Art.
2. Target college students and graduates who have
computers available
3. Partner with existing off-line learning centers to
bring teaching materials online and provide course
accomplishment certifications.
4. Provide private, on-demand training
5. Partner with professors/colleges/universities

MOOCs For Vietnamese Learners
By Trinh Phuc Tho
Thanks for Listening!

References
• Balakrishnan Dasarathy, Kevin Sullivan, Douglas C. Schmidt and Douglas H. Fisher, Adam Porter, “The
Past, Present, and Future of MOOCs”, Coursera.
• “How To Start An Online Learning Program”, elearninginfographics.com,
http://elearninginfographics.com/how-to-start-an-online-program-infographic.
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http://elearninginfographics.com/the-rise-of-free-online-education-infographic.
• “Massive Open Online Course”, elearninginfographics.com,
http://elearninginfographics.com/massive-open-online-courses-infographic.
• “The Money in MOOCs”, elearninginfographics.com,
http://elearninginfographics.com/the-money-in-moocs-infographic.
• “The Rising Power of MOOCs”, elearninginfographics.com,
http://elearninginfographics.com/the-rising-power-of-moocs-infographic.
• “Who Takes MOOCs”, elearninginfographics.com,
http://elearninginfographics.com/who-takes-moocs-infographic.