The document discusses the strategic drivers behind MOOCs, highlighting their potential role in addressing significant educational challenges. It poses critical questions regarding the purpose of MOOCs and the motivations for institutions to offer them. The authors advocate that MOOCs should support substantial ideas rather than being viewed solely as standalone innovations.

1. The Many Shades of MOOCs
An Analysis of High Level Stretegic Drivers
EdTech 2015 Conference
28th May 2015
Mark Brown, Eamon Costello,
Enda Donlon & Mairead Nic Giolla Mhichil

2. What do you see?

5. By analogy…

6. By analogy…

7. • What role should MOOCs play?
• Why would an institution offer MOOCs?
• Can MOOCs really help to address the
serious problems we face?
Some questions….

8. “MOOCs should
be in the service of
big ideas, not as
a big idea in itself”
(adapted from Barnett, 2011).