MOOC-Maker: Construcción de Capacidades de Gestión de MOOCs en la Educación Superior (Construction of Management Capacities of MOOCs in Higher Education) Erasmus Project

Project Title

MOOC-Maker: Construcción de Capacidades de Gestión de MOOCs en la Educación Superior (Construction of Management Capacities of MOOCs in Higher Education)

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2015

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) face nowadays new opportunities and challenges arising from the evolution of educational technologies and from the new professional profiles demanded by the labor market. MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) have been an opportunity and a challenge at the same time, allowing new ways of lifelong learning, and the provision of quality and open education able to reach even the most disadvantaged groups. The technologies and experience gained through MOOCs are also being used to improve teaching on campus through SPOCs (Small Private Online Courses). However, the MOOC movement, which emerged in the US and was enhanced by Europe, has little impact in Latin America, as it can be seen by the fact that Latin American HEIs are barely represented in the major MOOC initiatives.

The MOOC-Maker project proposes to build management capabilities of MOOCs (and SPOCs) in Latin American HEIs so that they can offer quality courses aimed at improving access to teaching and learning programs in Latin America, and developing in students the skills and knowledge required in the 21st century. To do so, the MOOC-Maker project will create an intercontinental network between Europe and Latin America, where the experience, best practices, and success cases from European partners will be the starting point.

In the short term, this project will upgrade the educational offerings, teacher training and support services from HEIs in Guatemala, Chile and Colombia, improving their teaching on campus, encouraging lifelong learning of alumni, and contributing to equitable access to education. This effect will be transferred to the Latin American society as a whole, promoting the acquisition of updated knowledge and skills, and promoting the employability of young people.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 811790 Eur

Project Coordinator

UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID & Country: ES

Project Partners

• UNIVERSIDADE ABERTA
• PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
• UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE
• UNIVERSIDAD DEL CAUCA
• FUNDACION UNIVERSITARIA CATOLICA DEL NORTE
• TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET GRAZ
• UNIVERSIDAD GALILEO