Current Issue

2012 to 2022: The Decade of the MOOC

In a New York Times article, Pappano (2012) declared 2012 as ‘the year of the MOOC’. It was a year which saw a surge in interest in this new, open form of online higher education. While the initial hype around Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) subsided and their form has changed significantly from the first large-scale courses, more learners than ever are registered with the platforms, which have attracted substantial levels of investment.

JIME is pleased to announce the release of our latest Virtual Special Collection on the decade of the MOOC. Comprised of an overview of the major events and trends in relation to MOOCs over the past ten years (Jordan and Goshtasbpour, 2022) and a further 25 papers published in JIME and arranged around four main themes of situating MOOCs; learning design and roles; MOOCs and languages; and accessibility and inclusion.

We are pleased to announce that JIME is open again for general submissions!

You can find our author guidelines here and all manuscripts should be submitted via our journal system.

Global OER Graduate Network – GO-GN

JIME is pleased to announce our latest Special Collection, Global OER Graduate Network – GO-GN, which is free to read and download here.

The Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN) is a global community of doctoral researchers in Open education. This collection showcases their work through eleven papers in the area of OER and OEP research.