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The MOOC ‘Magic in the Middle Ages’, organized by the Universitat de Barcelona (UB) with the collaboration of the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), is an unconventional course even for an e-learning platform. This paper aims to stimulate discussion of the potential for new educational technologies to ensure social inclusion for virtual and physical vulnerable learner groups. The challenges and options for future online education initiatives are based on insights and ideas of international scholars and researchers reflecting on potential barriers for learners and online education. Practical answers to contemporary, ICT-supported educational challenges are provided as options to fuel the debate. The current dichotomy of xMOOC and cMOOC are used to mark some of the unexplored MOOC territory. In order to align the future conceptualization of MOOCs with the vision and philosophy of Europe, potential tensions of contemporary and future education are listed. This exploratory paper picks up elements from the European Commission’s educational vision and philosophy behind Opening up Education, the resulting initiative of the MOOC platform, and takes this as a starting point to look at potential challenges for developing MOOCs that include vulnerable learner groups.
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