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What is MOOC?
What is MOOC?
MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) is a new online learning service with registered users all over the world.
- Features -
●Free access to authentic university lectures
●Easy to take courses anywhere via the Internet
●Videos divided into 10-minute segments per course
●Example: 10 minutes x 9 times (per week) x 4 weeks
●Online Forum for learners to teach and discuss with each other
●Tests to measure achievement
●Certificates issued to learners who achieve certain grades
●Some courses have face-to-face classes
Diverse learners from different countries, races, languages, ages, etc.
In addition, top universities such as Harvard University, MIT, Oxford University, and Stanford University
are participating. MOOC is an innovative system that will revolutionize the future of education.
Open badges will be issued to
Open badges will be issued to
Tohoku University MOOC completers.
Tohoku University MOOC completers.
Tohoku University has begun issuing Open Badges, one of the digital certificates, as proof of completion of various educational programs offered by the university.
Open Badges will be issued to those who have taken Tohoku University MOOC and fulfilled the requirements for completion.
■What is an Open Badge?
Open Badge is an international technical standard digital certificate with a strong security system to prevent forgery and tampering.
The “metadata” embedded in the image allows you to easily share, transmit, and publish the qualifications and learning achievements you hold online.
It can be attached to email signatures, letters of introduction, resumes, and placed on various platforms such as social media and websites.
For details on receiving open badges, please refer to the following documents.
Flow from Open Badge Issuance to Completion of Receipt (PDF)
*Please note that open badge information cannot be sent to those who have cancelled the course or unsubscribed from the e-mail distribution.
About Center for the Advancement of Open Online Education,
About Center for the Advancement of Open Online Education,
Tohoku University
Tohoku University
Center for the Advancement of Open Online Education was established in April 2016 to produce content for providing open online courses at Tohoku University.
It was integrated into the Admissions Center in April 2025. It conducts research and development, planning, and support related to courses, and widely disseminates the university's educational and research achievements both domestically and internationally to recruit outstanding students and facilitate a smooth transition to higher education.
【Message from the Center Director】
【Message from the Center Director】
Center for the Advancement of Open Online Education, Tohoku University was established in April 2016 to contribute to the further advancement of the university's education and research. It does this by conducting integrated research, development, planning, and support for massive open online courses (MOOCs) in collaboration with relevant departments, while disseminating and publishing the university's educational and research achievements domestically and internationally through online education.
In April 2025, the Center was integrated into the University's Admissions Organization with the goal of attracting outstanding talent from Japan and abroad through the utilization of MOOCs, making the Center's role increasingly vital.
The University has already promoted the “Expansion of the Educational System through e-Learning” and achieved results through the ISTU (Internet School of Tohoku University) initiative for its students. However, aiming to realize a university “open to the world and the region” and one that “actively promotes educational and research activities that embrace, support, and nurture the intellectual interests of citizens,” we have been distributing our university's course content globally as MOOCs since 2016.
By widely disseminating our world-leading research and educational achievements, along with unique research and educational outcomes rooted in Japan and the Tohoku region, as course content to MOOCs—which bring together diverse learners regardless of location, race, language, educational background, or age—we hope to contribute to solving societal challenges and realizing a peaceful and just human society.
We look forward to meeting learners worldwide through MOOCs. Please stay tuned.
Executive Vice President (Education and Student Support Department), Tohoku University Director,
Center for the Advancement of Open Online Education, Admissions Center, Tohoku University
Hirotsugu TAKIZAWA
Hirotsugu TAKIZAWA
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