Online education could be the biggest story of the year in higher education, and MOOCs are a big part of that trend. Education Dive ran a list of five MOOC providers with different approaches to massive open online courses earlier this week, and it ranked first among our most read news posts of the past seven days.

Find out who you should know about on that list below, along with information from a new study on Facebook and YouTube, as well as an iPad app for physical education classes.

If you missed out on any of these posts when they first appeared, you will want to check them out now:

• 5 education providers offering MOOCs now or in the future—Education Dive looks at five big names in the massive open online course world and breaks down why each of them stands out.
• Study: Facebook and YouTube are key recruitment tools—Campuses report high return-on-investment for social media as spending on traditional media declines.
• Moody's paints grim picture for future of higher education—Ratings agency sees new problems looming on the horizon.
• California school uses iPads for PE classes—The Chula Vista school bought 40 iPads to use a PE app called SPARK.
• Florida governor's higher education panel considers reforms—Panel remains confident it can meet its deadline.

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