OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES and OPEN EDUCATIONAL PRACTICES are gaining attention as instruments of change in education. MOOCs offer a viable approach to build capacity in their adoption and integration quickly and on a large scale. However contemporary approaches to the design of MOOCs are failing to make most of the opportunities they afford. ​There is an urgent need to rethink and re-imagine MOOCs that are practice-based and context focused as opposed to being content-driven​. This blog-stream ​captures our experiences in designing and developing MOOCs with a difference — ones that mirror best practices and sound principles of learning and teaching online, and in our pursuit of answers to the question, ‘“How best to design MOOCs​ on OER and OEP for continuing professional development of practitioners.

Shironica P. Karunanayaka (On behalf of the CPD MOOC TEAM @ OUSL)