@techreport { title = {MOOCS: What The Open University research tells us}, author = {Ferguson, Rebecca and Coughlan, Tim and Herodotou, Christothea}, abstract = {This quality enhancement report recommends priority areas for university activity in relation to massive open online courses (MOOCs). It does this by bringing together all The Open University’s published research work in this area from the launch of the first MOOC in 2008 until February 2016. This includes work by 56 OU authors based in 11 units and regions.}, year = {2016}, month = {08/2016}, publisher = {Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University}, pages = {1-31}, address = {Milton Keynes, UK}, country = {United Kingdom}, url = {http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/46970}, refereed = {does not apply}, keywords = {accessibility, assessment, collaboration, ethics, MOOCs, motivation, open education, privacy, quality assurance, quality enhancement, retention}, }