Based on interviews with almost one hundred of the world's leading educators, policymakers, and businesspeople involved in MOOCs and online learning, the authors investigate the goals of the institutions offering MOOCs and assess the evidence as to whether these goals are being achieved.


Fiona M. Hollands is Associate Director and Senior Researcher at the Center for Benefit-Cost Studies of Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, USA.Devayani Tirthali is an educational researcher interested in the role of emerging technologies and social media in lifelong learning and instructional designer at Brown University, USA.