Ten useful reports on MOOCs and online education

This digest of reports and papers published over the past year is provided to support the ongoing debate on MOOCs, Open Educational Resources and online education. A brief summary of the contents, dates of publication and extent are given.
Any suggestions for reports and papers to be added to this list are very welcome! Please contact the ICDE Secretariat.
MOOCs: Expectations and Reality. Report from Center for Benefit-Cost Studies of Education, Teacher's College, Columbia University, USA
http://cbcse.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/MOOCs_Expectations_and_Reality.pdf
This report draws on interviews with 62 US institutions, half of which were already offering MOOCs, and seeks to investigate the goals behind the decision to create such online courses, including extending reach and access, brand building, improving economics, improving educational outcomes, innovation in teaching, and research objectives. It concludes that MOOCs will continue to play a role in hybrid delivery models, could make more fundamental changes to higher education if credentials of economic value can be offered, and that they also have the potential to catalyze the development of true adaptive learning experiences. It concludes with recommendations for administrators, researchers and policy makers. Published: May 2014, 211 pages.  More...