OER Knowledge CloudBook ChapterZheng, QinhuaChen, LiBurgos, DanielThis chapter tries to probe into the basic situation of MOOCs from four aspects including introduction, construction, application, and management of the courses so as to reflect the current development of the courses on MOOC platforms. Development status of courses on the fourteen mainstream MOOC platforms is analyzed to dig out the basic characteristics of the organization of MOOCs and make predictions about the future of MOOCs.20172017/12Springer Singapore119-147China10.1007/978-981-10-6586-6_7https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6586-6_7978-981-10-6586-6yesMOOC applicationMOOC platformshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-6586-6_7Singapore, China, Asia