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Course type: Masters degree
Credits: 180

Credits

Credits measure the student workload required for the successful completion of a module or qualification.

One credit represents about 10 hours of study over the duration of the course.

You are awarded credits after you have successfully completed a module.

For example, if you study a 60-credit module and successfully pass it, you will be awarded 60 credits.
How long it takes: 3 years part-time study
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Study method: Distance learning
Course cost: Postgraduate loan available
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MA in Online Teaching

: Course code: F98

This Masters in Online Teaching is available globally. It offers you the unique opportunity to study the theory and practice of online and blended teaching through modules created by experts from The Open University's Institute of Educational Technology who are pioneering in the design and delivery of digital teaching, learning and assessment. You’ll study ways in which new media, innovative pedagogies and cutting-edge educational technologies can be used effectively and equitably, across multiple sectors to engage diverse learners and meet their needs.

Compulsory module	Credits	Next start
Technology-enhanced learning: foundations and futures (H880) This module will develop your ability to engage creatively and effectively with the broad field of technology-enhanced learning (TEL), teaching and training. See full description Register	60	06 Feb 2027

Compulsory module

Credits

Next start

Technology-enhanced learning: foundations and futures (H880)

This module will develop your ability to engage creatively and effectively with the broad field of technology-enhanced learning (TEL), teaching and training.

See full description

06 Feb 2027

Microcredential	Credits	Next start
Online teaching: accessibility and inclusive learning (HZVM884) Make your online teaching accessible and learn how to plan, design, and deliver inclusive learning and teaching online. See full description Register	15	12 Oct 2026
Online teaching: embedding social, race and gender-related equity (HZVM885) Develop expertise in embedding equity in your online teaching and supporting equitable participation for all. See full description Register	15	16 Mar 2026
Online teaching: evaluating and improving courses (HZVM882) Develop the skills you need to evaluate the success of your online teaching and enhance your students’ remote learning experience. See full description Register	15	08 Jun 2026
Teacher development: embedding mental health in the curriculum (HZVM883) Develop skills to design inclusive teaching, learning, and assessment activities that enhance student mental health and wellbeing. See full description Register	15	22 Jun 2026

Microcredential

Credits

Next start

Online teaching: accessibility and inclusive learning (HZVM884)

Make your online teaching accessible and learn how to plan, design, and deliver inclusive learning and teaching online.

See full description

12 Oct 2026

Online teaching: embedding social, race and gender-related equity (HZVM885)

Develop expertise in embedding equity in your online teaching and supporting equitable participation for all.

See full description

16 Mar 2026

Online teaching: evaluating and improving courses (HZVM882)

Develop the skills you need to evaluate the success of your online teaching and enhance your students’ remote learning experience.

See full description

08 Jun 2026

Teacher development: embedding mental health in the curriculum (HZVM883)

Develop skills to design inclusive teaching, learning, and assessment activities that enhance student mental health and wellbeing.

See full description

22 Jun 2026

Module	Credits	Next start
Educational leadership: concepts, change and challenges (EE841) Explore educational leadership and management concepts, change, and challenges in local and global contexts. See full description Register	60	03 Oct 2026
Equity, inclusion and social justice in educational practice (EE844) This module introduces contemporary issues in equity, inclusion and social justice in educational practice, including disability, gender, poverty and race. See full description Register	60	03 Oct 2026
Learning and teaching: educating the next generation (EE830) This masters module will challenge you to think about what purposes of education could have and how education can be made fit for the future. See full description Register	60	03 Oct 2026

Module

Credits

Next start

Educational leadership: concepts, change and challenges (EE841)

Explore educational leadership and management concepts, change, and challenges in local and global contexts.

See full description

03 Oct 2026

Equity, inclusion and social justice in educational practice (EE844)

This module introduces contemporary issues in equity, inclusion and social justice in educational practice, including disability, gender, poverty and race.

See full description

03 Oct 2026

Learning and teaching: educating the next generation (EE830)

This masters module will challenge you to think about what purposes of education could have and how education can be made fit for the future.

See full description

03 Oct 2026

Compulsory module	Credits	Next start
Research and scholarship in digital education (H890) Develop your research and scholarship skills by investigating online, blended and technology-enhanced teaching, learning and assessment, in diverse global contexts. See full description Register	60	03 Oct 2026

Compulsory module

Credits

Next start

Research and scholarship in digital education (H890)

Develop your research and scholarship skills by investigating online, blended and technology-enhanced teaching, learning and assessment, in diverse global contexts.

See full description

03 Oct 2026

Credit transfer

If you’ve successfully completed some relevant postgraduate study elsewhere, you might be able to count it towards this qualification, reducing the number of modules you need to study.

You should apply for credit transfer as soon as possible, before you register for your first module. For more details and an application form, visit our Credit Transfer website.

On completion

On successfully completing this course, we’ll award you our Master of Arts in Online Teaching. You’ll be entitled to use the letters MAOT (Open) after your name.

If your masters degree is awardable with a distinction or a merit, the qualification regulations explain how you can achieve these.

You’ll have the opportunity to attend a degree ceremony.

Regulations

As a student of The Open University, you should be aware of the content of the qualification-specific regulations below and the academic regulations that are available on our Student Policies and Regulations website.

MA in Online Teaching

We regularly review our curriculum; therefore, the qualification described on this page – including its availability, its structure, and available modules – may change over time. If we make changes to this qualification, we’ll update this page as soon as possible. Once you’ve registered or are studying this qualification, where practicable, we’ll inform you in good time of any upcoming changes. If you’d like to know more about the circumstances in which the University might make changes to the curriculum, see our Academic Regulations or contact us. This description was last updated on 18 March 2025.

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