MOOC Openness - Are MOOCs as Open as They Should Be?

The Higher Education today is confronted with a lot of disruptions. One of the most prominent and discussed such disruptions are MOOCs, Massive Open Online Courses. One of the main reasons for the proliferation of MOOCs was the possibility to open up education to people all over the world. The literature distinguishes to types of MOOCs: connectivist MOOCs (cMOOCs) and content based MOOCs (xMOOCs). In this paper, the author is going to analyze both above mentioned types and try to figure out if the "open" in the MOOC acronym is more close to what open educational resources and opencourseware are defined as or to "opening up education". This analysis will include copyright issues as mentioned on the existing MOOC platforms, availability of material, permission of reusing and remixing the material and the freeness of user interaction.