Massive Open Online Courses and Intellectual Property Rights Issues

The explosive growth of the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in its early years points MOOC phenomenon to a very fast maturity. This new educative model is characterised by the absence of physical boundaries and open to anybody who wants to enroll in the course. Therefore MOOC´s promoters and/or creators must take into account not only their national IPR legislation but also the international IPR framework. This paper provides the most relevant IPR issues from a EU and US perspective.