Inside Higher Ed reports on the first day of the MOOC Research Initiative (MRI) grantee conference at the University of Texas at Arlington where speakers have “backed up commonly held beliefs about the medium with data.” A common theme addressed by speakers was that the cost of MOOC production “has created classes of MOOC producing and MOOC consuming institutions. This creates issues for both groups; the former doesn’t want to appear elitist, while the latter rejects content not created by their own faculty members.” Deborah Keyek-Franssen, associate vice president at the University of Colorado System, stated that they will continue to be involved in MOOCs because “there are so many enthusiastic faculty members, but we don’t have that [return on investment] piece, and without that, you can’t convince leadership or financial planners.” The MRI grants are funded by the Gates Foundation and administered by Athabasca University.