An Exploration based Pedagogical Framework to develop a MOOC on Nuclear and Radiochemistry

One of the outputs of MEET-CINCH project (A Modular European Education and Training Concept In Nuclear and radioCHemistry, Horizon 2020) is a MOOC on the applications of Nuclear and Radiochemistry with high societal impact, such as nuclear medicine, radiation technologies, environmental preservation, nuclear decommissioning and forensics. This MOOC (online by the end of 2019) is characterized by an international di-mension: it is the result of a collaboration among universities, research entities and institutions located in nine different European countries. Because of the va-riety and diversity of contributions, the design phase had to be preceded by an alignment about peculiarities of the target group; scientific level of contents and lexicon; methodology for designing, writing, sharing and reviewing the contents. The paper is intended to explain process and methodological choices, and diffi-culties encountered during the design phase due to the high number of partners, their different approaches in teaching, and the common mistrust towards nuclear issues by general public.