Recent reports and papers on MOOCs and Online education

This overview of nine key documents published over the past year is provided to support the ongoing debate on MOOCs, Open Educational Resources and online education, and to support the change processes in this time of openness. Dates of publication and extent are noted.
Any suggestions for reports and papers to be added to this list are very welcome! Please contact the ICDE Secretariat.
Introduction to Moocs: Avalanche, Illusion or Augmentation? Policy Brief Published by the UNESCO Institute for Information Technologies in Education
http://iite.unesco.org/publications/3214722
This Policy Brief aims to provide a background to the expansion of MOOCs, explain their differences and similarities, identify the types of students using MOOCs, investigate their business models and potential direction, and finally to scope the risks and benefits associated with their development. More...