How many MOOCs are there in Europe? There is a new and easier way to download the data from the Open Education Scoreboard now. More...
The traMOOC project launched in February 2015 aims at tackling this impediment by developing high-quality automatic translation of various types of texts included in MOOCs from English into eleven European and BRIC languages. More...
Researchers from five European universities have just gathered in Delft to launch the Erasmus+ LoCoMoTion project, aiming to assist individuals and institutions to develop MOOCs at lower costs. More...
Open educational resources (OER) is a topic that has aroused increasing interest by researchers as a powerful contribution to improve the educational system quality and openness, both in face to face and distance education. More...
This MOOCs Report has been designed as a point of reference for future MOOC developments, allowing you to gain some insight into the process, resource and timing involved in producing a MOOC. More...
By Jeremy Chan. While outbound student mobility from China has begun to slow, transnational education (TNE) activity shows no signs of slowing down. Today, there are more than 800 approved Sino-foreign joint programmes operating at the undergraduate level and nearly 200 more at the postgraduate level, according to the Ministry of Education. More...
By Ben Johnson. Today marks the start of Open Access Week, the global annual event designed to promote Open Access (OA) as ‘a new norm in scholarship and research’. For those that are not aware, OA is simply a new way to talk about a very old idea: that new knowledge should be shared freely, for the benefit of all. The principle that researchers should do this is not new; for centuries researchers have published their work in academic journals and books to give it the greatest chance of being read, and by extension, of making a difference to the world. More...
By Kim Hackett. When I first heard the idea of expanding the Research Excellence Framework (REF) overseas, I was sceptical. I started out at HEFCE in the REF team, becoming quickly embroiled in the mass of administrative effort it involves: convening the panels, developing the guidance, building the systems. More...
By HEFCE Analyst. Recent public debate has made much of where things happen. Stopping short of a longer list, the national distribution of power, population, GDP, house prices, levels of health, have all come under scrutiny. But what about higher education? What does the geography of ‘HE provision’ reveal?/https%3A%2F%2Fprofilepics.canalblog.com%2Fprofilepics%2F1%2F0%2F1076071.jpg)
