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Insights from a MOOC Platform during Covid-19 Pandemic in Italy
Insights from a MOOC Platform during Covid-19 Pandemic in Italy

Author(s): Valeria Baudo, Davide Mezzera
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Higher Education
Published by: European Distance and E-Learning Network
Keywords: MOOC;Analytics;Insights;Italy;Higher Education;blended learning;COVID-19;pandemic

Summary/Abstract: The COVID-19 Pandemic heavily redesigned our lives and our way of teaching and learning. We have witnessed an exponential growth of MOOC enrolment numbers during pandemic as a general world trend, and a big rise in learners in the MOOC platform of Politecnico di Milano. In this paper we will share insights collected from Polimi Open Knowledge during 2020. This analysis enlightens the role of MOOCs for students and citizens during the pandemic, in relation with the specific period of lockdown in Italy.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 401-409
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: English