The document discusses the challenges of creating and supporting MOOCs, highlighting the University of Southampton's inaugural conference on November 3, 2014. It reports significant participation metrics, including over 118,000 learners enrolled, with a notable gender distribution and international presence. Additionally, the document mentions the engagement of learners through posts and video content across various courses.

1. Making a revolution is hard work:
working together for MOOCs
ILIaD Inaugural Conference
3 November 2014

4. and support the running
of our MOOCs 7MOOCs
40% of our learners
145+people required to create
actively post
41
59
118,531
learners signed up to University of
Southampton courses
20,483 learners signed up for our Understanding
Language course
% male learners
% female learners
120,100
posts from our learners
42
58
% UK learners
% international
learners
countries where our
190+learners live
218
videos across live
courses