The document discusses quality criteria for MOOCs based on a project called "The MOOC Quality Project". It provides 10 recommendations for ensuring quality in MOOCs based on the results of the project. The recommendations include having a clear target audience in mind, being aware of how different groups may interact in a MOOC, defining the context and purpose of a MOOC, using peer-to-peer learning approaches, leveraging massive participation through social learning tools, recognizing that MOOCs encourage optional learning, allowing for choice-based learning, and understanding the disaggregation of learning and assessment with MOOCs.

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Qualität von MOOCs
Ulf-Daniel Ehlers, Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg/
EFQUEL
Rolf Schulmeister, Universität Hamburg
Sandra Hofhues, PH Heidelberg
Claudia Bremer, Universität Frankfurt

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Was ist die Qualität von
MOOCs?
• (Wie) kann man sie messen?
• Was sind Qualitätskriterien?
• Gute MOOCs – schlechte MOOC?
• Was sind wertvolle MOOCs?
• Sind sie besser, je massiver?
• Sind sie besser, je niedriger die Dropout-
Quote?
• Sind Dropouts eigentlich überhaupt ein
Kriterium für Qualität von MOOCs?

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Ablauf
• 15 Minuten pro Runde
• 5-7 Minuten Präsentation
• 5-7 Minuten Fragen und Diskussion
• Wechsel zum nächsten Tisch
• 4 Runden
Trendreport
MOOC Geschäftsmodellen und ihr Einfluss auf
die amerikanischen Hochschulpolitik, Rolf
Schulmeister

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Thementische
• Tisch 1: Rolf Schulmeister - Erfahrungen zur
Qualität von MOOCs aus Sicht eines MOOC
Teilnehmers unter Pseudonym
• Tisch 2: Claudia Bremer – Erfahrungen zur
Qualität von MOOCs aus Sicht einer MOOC
Anbieterin/ Organisatorin
• Tisch 3: Sandra Hofhues - Erfahrungen zur
Qualität von MOOCs in der Initiative
MoocProductionFellowship (Stiferverband/
iversity)
• Tisch 4: Ulf Ehlers - Erfahrungen zur Qualität von
MOOCs aus Sicht des Projektes “The MOOC
Quality Project" (http://mooc.efquel.org)

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Empfehlungen zur Qualität
bei MOOCs
Results from The MOOC Quality Project
Prof. Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers
Vicepresident Baden-Wurttemberg Cooperative State
University
President European Foundation for Quality in E-Learning

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The MOOC Quality Project
• The MOOC Quality Project
• Was ist Qualität von MOOCs?
• Lineup: Personen der ersten Stunde
• 12 weeks (May-July 2013)
• 12 Autoren
• 12 Beiträge á 1500 Wörter
• Großes Interesse: 12.000 Leser/ innen
• Auswertung: Empfehlungen für gute MOOC
Qualität

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1. Massive target audience?
Change from „no target audience“-thinking
to having one in mind, even if it is wide. Take
into acount new participation profiles.
MOOC
Lurkers
Passive
participants
Active participants
Drop-ins
HILL, P. (2013) “The Four Student Archetypes Emerging in MOOCs” [Online] e-Literate
blog post 02/03/13 [accessed 19/04/13]. Available: http://mfeldstein.com/the-four-
student-archetypes-emerging-in-moocs/

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2. Mixing groups
Be aware that inviting the world means to
bring in the worlds opinion (existing groups
might be disturbed), e.g. mixing campus and
MOOC Students might be challenging
(totally different motivations) → drive in/by
learners and highly motivated learners who
want a masters degree.

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3. What is the context of a
MOOC?
Be aware that the quality paradigm “fitness
for purpose” is not working for MOOCs
because there is no common context or
purpose. Quality measures become
individualised, quality methods like self- &
peer-assessment and reflection matter
more.

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4. Support Self-Organization
Be open about your requirements of self-
organisation, provide scaffolding for those
who lack that self-organisation.

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5. Quality Self-Declaration
Be precise about the
content and purpose of
the MOOC (self-
declaration) and keep
promises! (Use a MOOC
description model)

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1. the degree of openness,
2. the scale of participation
(massification),
3. the amount of use of multimedia,
4. the amount of communication,
5. the extent to which collaboration
is included,
6. the type of learner pathway
(from learner centred to teacher-
centred and highly structured),
1. the level of quality assurance,
2. the extent to which reflection is
encouraged,
3. the level of assessment,
4. how informal or formal it is,
5. autonomy,
6. and diversity.
Be precise about the content and
purpose of the MOOC (self-
declaration) and keep promises! (Use
a MOOC description model)

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6. Peer-to-Peer Pedagogy
• Use peer-to-peer pedagogy: peer-learning,
peer-review, peer-assessment,
collaborative learning, multiple learning
pathways and exploratory learning
• Understand that teaching is not a
prerequsite of learning.

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10. Leverage Mass
Participation
• Use technology which supports social
learning: blogs, chat, discussion
forums, wikis, and group assignments
• Leverage massive participation: Have all
students contribute something that adds to
or improves the course overall.

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7. From MOOC o
MOOL(earning)
• Be aware that MOOC learning is an opt-
in/out learning model: MOOCs encourage
“dipping in for some time”
• The majority of learners does not use
MOOCs as coherent courses
• Get away from looking at MOOCs like
(structured, paced, timebound) courses

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8. MOOCs are choice based
learning
Get away from the notion that „ending a
MOOC early“ means dropping out - MOOCs
follow voluntary sequencing and are based
on choices-

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9. Disaggregation
Understand the disaggregation of learning
and assessment/ certification is coming
along with MOOCs (xMOOCs are starting to
move away from challenging universities -
they start to challenge publishing houses,
franchise models are developed now which
enable universities to use input & content
from a MOOC but the credits are given by
the university)