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Respect the autonomy and diversity of participating universities

Promoting cooperation between
related institutions and universities

Korean Massive Open Online Course(K-MOOC), in addition to the Ministry of Education and business proprietor: National Institute for Life-long Education, is working in close cooperation with related institutions such as four-year universities, professional universities, broadcasting universities, research institutes, companies, affiliated institutes, vocational training facilities and public service organizations.

The number of participating institutions providing and operating courses on the K-MOOC homepage (http://kmooc.kr) is 87 institutions as of 2018, and there is a plan to expand the number of lectures and participating institutions every year.

Based on the autonomy of the participating organizations, K_MOOC plans to develop and operate excellent contents with high demand from learners.

K-MOOC is growing
towards the future

Courses
2015 2019
7 1,703
University
2015 2019
10 116
Enrollment
2015 2019
55,559 1,168,288
Visits
2015 2019
446,832 12,054,483

progress of propulsion

  • 1 2015 ~ 2017

    Introduction and
    settlement

  • 2 2018 ~ 2020

    Globalization and creation
    of added value

  • 3 From 2021

    Establishment of the higher
    education system

  • February 2015 Establishment and announcement of a basic plan for K-MOOC pilot operation
  • April 2015 Announcement of K-MOOC pilot project and selection of participating universities
  • June to December 2015 Development of platform and infrastructure for K-MOOC service operation
    ※Platform establishment by using open source software (Open edX) considering initial service stability, international compatibility of contents, development period, etc.
  • October 2015 Pilot launch of Korean Online Open Courses K-MOOC (www-old.kmooc.kr)
  • February 2016 Establishment of K-MOOC operation plan and diversification of contents
  • April to October 2016 Additional MOOC university selection (10 universities) and course development (Korean universities)
  • 2017 Establishment of Korean model and content standardization
  • 2018 Expansion of the Korean model and internationalization of contents
  • 2019 Operation of Learning Processes in the Academic Credit Bank System(6 Universities, 11 Courses)

Customer

Learners

Course developing Institutes

Institutional Partners

100 participating agencies

Universities, public institutions and overseas

+ Continuous
enlargement

Propulsion organization

project generalization
Establishment of operational plan
Participating organizations
Course development / Operation / utilization
Project management
Project management
organization
Relevant agencies and MOU agencies
Service utilization
Diffusion/Support

Customer

Learners

Course developing Institutes

Institutional Partners

100 participating agencies

Universities, public institutions and overseas

+ Continuous
enlargement

Propulsion organization

project generalization
Establishment of operational plan
Project management
Project management
organization
Participating organizations
Course development / Operation / utilization
Relevant agencies and MOU agencies
Service utilization
Diffusion/Support