What is Necessary and what is Contingent in Design for Massive Open Online Courses?

This presentation by George Roberts is from the HEA/SEDA conference held in July 2012.

Following three years of funding from the Higher Education Academy and JISC a wide range of programmes and projects have explored the creation development use and reuse of open educational resources. Globally the open resources movement is changing polices and the development needs of staff and students alike. This timely conference will explore answers to the question: Where next for open practice and staff development? It will feature contributions from funded projects and new directions in thinking on this exciting and challenging area of developing academic practice.