Monetization Over Massiveness: Breaking Down MOOCs by the Numbers in 2016 | Educational Technology News | Scoop.it
From www.edsurge.com - January 10, 2017 11:57 AM

"The modern massive open online course movement, which began when the first “MOOCs” were offered by Stanford professors in late 2011, is now half a decade old. In that time, MOOC providers have raised over $400 million and now employ more than a thousand staff."