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The article focuses on the impact that massive open online courses (MOOC) has had on the education system. It states that MOOC has not disrupted existing education systems but instead is allowing universities to outsource internet-based master's degrees for professionals. It examines data from MOOCs taught on MOOC provider edX which found soon after enrollment, most MOOC registrants leave with 52 percent never entering the courseware. It talks about high student attrition in the first two weeks.

The author discusses the use of and research about the effectiveness of Massive Open Online courses (MOOCs). Topics discussed include analysis of student clicks correlated with academic success to evaluate the instructional value of MOOCs, the lack of information and assessment data on student learning, and experimental designs of MOOC courses such as "A/B tests" and plug-in experiments.