NIU administrators are constantly brainstorming ways to increase student enrollment. My suggestion: offer more MOOCs.MOOCs — or massive open online courses — are free online courses designed to disseminate instruction to anyone with an Internet connection....

NIU students and faculty have collaborated to create a public online course.The course will be similar to the general education course Disability in Society, but will last 10 weeks instead of 16.The new online course, called Perspectives on Disability,...