Massive Open Online Courses and Higher Education

Rebecca Bennett is the Academic Support Programs Coordinator in the Kulbardi Aboriginal Centre at Murdoch University, Australia. She is a cross-disciplinary academic whose research and teaching interests include Cultural Studies and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. She has authored journal articles on critical tourism, digital pedagogy, academic identity, cross-cultural communication and queer/international student intersections.Mike Kent is a senior lecturer and Head of Department of Internet Studies at Curtin University, Western Australia. Mike's research focus is on higher education, particularly online education, as well as online social networking platforms. His other area of interest is in people with disabilities and their use of, and access to, information technology and the internet.

• 1. What was all that about? Peak MOOC hype and post-MOOC legaciesMike Kent and Rebecca BennettPart 1 – Barriers and opportunities2. Any colour as long as it's black! MOOCs, (post)-Fordism and inequalityRebecca Bennett and Mike Kent3. Envisioning post-colonial MOOCs: Critiques and ways forwardMaha Ayham Bali and Shyam Sharma4. Global footprints and localisation: The rise of MOOCs in ChinaXin Wang5. MOOCs for credit: Making the idea workJenny Ng and Leanne McRaePart 2 – Teachers' and students' insights and experiences6. Autoethnography: The story of 'doing a MOOC' or knowing 'the beast' from withinMelanie James7. Exploring 'success' in MOOCs: Participants' perspectiveTharindu Rekha Liyanagunawardena, Partrick Parslow and Shirley Ann Williams8. Learning from learners: How one MOOC's social media engagement created new insightsSara Moseley and Hannah Scarbrough9. Developing a MOOC: Factoring in disabilityLouisa Smith, Karen Soldatic, Leanne Dowse and Mike KentPart 3 – Where to next?10. Mentored open online communicites (MOOCs) as a third space for teaching and learning in higher educationSue Ringler Pet, Katarina Silvestri, Stephanie Loomis, W. Ian O'Byrne and William Kist11. Reframing MOOCs in higher education: Exploring professional development optionsVanessa P. Dennen and Jiyae Bong12. The Selfie Course: More than a MOOCKath Albury, Tama Leaver, Alice Marwick, Jill Walker Rettberg and Theresa Senft