Plenary Session: Four Perspectives on MOOCs MOOCs: What lies beyond the trough of disillusionment?

With universities all over the world now gearing up to offer MOOCs we are reaching the ‘peak of inflated expectations’ that is followed, in the Technology Hype Cycle, by the ‘trough of disillusionment’. But what lies beyond that? Will MOOCs have any lasting impact on higher education? Will universities offering MOOCs ever climb the ‘slope of enlightenment’ and reach the ‘plateau of productivity’ that complete the cycle?