Winner of the Outstanding Book Award (Society for Professors of Education)

This book offers a re-assessment of the educational and occupational value of MOOCs based on developments since 2013. When MOOCs appeared--amidst great fanfare in 2012, leaders proclaimed an educational revolution. By 2013, however, dramatic failures, negative research findings, and sharp critiques ended the MOOC hype. This book examines both MOOCs and prior distance learning innovations, and offers a broad overview of their educational, economic and social effects. Chapters explore ties between MOOCs and emerging pedagogical models as well as exponentially rising tuition rates, student debt, and chronic underemployment of university graduates worldwide. It offers readers a comprehensive, up-to-the-moment guide to the MOOC phenomenon.

Addresses the phenomenon of MOOCs and evaluates their educational and social consequences Critically examines projections for the future of MOOCs Situates MOOCs in the broader history of distance education systems since the 1950's

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Leonard J. Waks is Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership at Temple University, USA.

Klappentext
This book offers a re-assessment of the educational and occupational value of MOOCs based on developments since 2013. When MOOCs appeared amidst great fanfare in 2012, leaders proclaimed an educational revolution. By 2013, however, dramatic failures, negative research findings, and sharp critiques ended the MOOC hype. This book examines both MOOCs and prior distance learning innovations, and offers a broad overview of their educational, economic and social effects. Chapters explore ties between MOOCs and emerging pedagogical models as well as exponentially rising tuition rates, student debt, and chronic underemployment of university graduates worldwide. It offers readers a comprehensive, up-to-the-moment guide to the MOOC phenomenon. 
Leonard  J. Waks is Professor Emeritus of Educational Leadership at Temple University, USA.

Zusammenfassung
?Winner of the Outstanding Book Award (Society for Professors of Education)This book offers a re-assessment of the educational and occupational value of MOOCs based on developments since 2013.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. MOOCs and Educational Value.- Chapter 2. The Economic Crisis and the Rise of MOOCs.- Chapter 3. What are MOOCs?.- Chapter 4. The Primary Educational Value of MOOCs.- Chapter 5. MOOCs and Career Qualifications: Certificates, Credits, Diplomas and Beyond.- Chapter 6. Three Contributions of MOOCs.