Primary Research Group has published Survey of College Plans for MOOCs, ISBN 978-1-57440-260-5.

The study looks closely both at college plans to develop MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) and to use the MOOCs from other institutions in their curricula. The report helps its readers to answer questions such as: How many colleges accept credits for taking MOOCs? How many have plans to accept such credits in the future and under what conditions? How are colleges supplementing MOOCs with tutoring, online peer groups and instructors to increase their effectiveness? How many colleges are developing their own MOOCs? How many are approaching the major MOOC vendors? Which vendors are favored? How many colleges are establishing task forces to look into or develop MOOCs and how extensive is this effort in terms of staff time and funding? What is the relationship between MOOC development and use of lecture capture technology? What are colleges doing with the lectures that they are now frequently recording and archiving?

Just a few of the report's many findings are that:

• Close to 8% of colleges sampled say that they have felt pressure to adopt MOOCs and/or to accept credit for courses from MOOCs of other institutions
• Close to half of the colleges in the sample believe that their institutions will likely be offering a MOOC within the next three years
• More than 30% of the colleges sampled already distribute taped lectures of at least some of their classes over YouTube

Data in the report is broken out by size and type of college, for public vs. private colleges and by the level of tuition charged. The study is available directly from Primary Research Group and also from major distributors of books and research reports. PDF and print versions are available for $85.00. Site licenses cost $185.00. For a table of contents, questionnaire, list of participants and an excerpt, or to place an order, visit our website at www.PrimaryResearch.com.