About IIIEE MOOCs
MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES (MOOCS)
Since 2014, the IIIEE at Lund university has developed seven Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). These courses are open for anyone who is interested in learning more about a give subject. Universities offer MOOCs to give an insight to the topic, research, faculty and operations. In early 2000, American universities including Stanford, Harvard and MIT worked to develop the first courses. In 2014, Lund University launched the first three MOOCs. By doing so they were frontrunners in Sweden. The IIIEE is in relative terms the most MOOC productive organisation in Sweden, with currently 8 MOOCs running and 2 in the pipeline!
1.5° Lifestyles: Mainstreaming Everyday Sustainability
How can we transition to 1.5° lifestyles - living sustainably: being healthy and happy while living within planetary boundaries and carbon budgets?
Cities, Climate and Change: Pathways and Opportunities
How can cities re-imagining the future and re-designing the present help achieve transformative change?
Urban Climate Governance: Towards 1.5° Celsius Alignment
How can cities work to better align with the 1.5°C goal?
Cities and Consumption: Urban Sustainability and the Sharing Economy
How can we govern the sharing economy in our cities?
Urban Nature: Connecting Cities, Sustainability and Innovations
How can we work with nature to design and build our cities?
Circular Economy: Sustainable Materials Management
How can we create a circular economy through sustainable materials management?
Greening the Economy: Sustainable Cities
How can we shape our urban development towards sustainable and prosperous futures?
Greening the Economy: Lessons from Scandinavia
How can we live a good life on one planet with over seven billion people?
MOOCs in brief
MOOCs are short for Massive Open Online Courses and are a form of online courses. They are special in that they open to anyone and many times free of charge. A majority of MOOCs is produced by university but not only, as businesses and state organisations are starting to develop their courses too. MOOCs do not give university credits or degrees but help participants building skills and familiarity and provide diplomas to exhibit these.
A typical IIIEE MOOC is sized as a 5 week part-time course (3-7 hours a week). The courses are offered asynchronously and year-round. This allows learners who don’t have a fast or reliable internet connection to learn at their own pace. Learners can access and complete lectures, readings, homework and other learning materials at any time.
Statistics of the IIIEE MOOCs SINCE 2015
Last updated: 14 January 2025
Since the start 2015
- Total visitors: > 1 125 000
- Total enrolled learners: > 236 000
- Total learners who started the courses: > 131 000
- Total learners who have completed the courses: > 26 000
Contact
If your inquiry regards MOOC-related topics, please send an email to mooc@iiiee.lu.se