Massive Open Online Courses

<p>Are MOOCs a catalyst for reimagining education a sign of the increased corporatization of the education sector or merely a well-publicized but passing trend? <i>Massive Open Online Courses</i> shares insights from multiple stakeholders on what MOOCs are now and could eventually become providing those in higher education as well as K-12 military government and corporate training with an authoritative source on a wide range of key issues surrounding MOOCs. </p><p>MOOCs or Massive Open Online Courses are a disruptive technology currently forcing a serious reconceptualization of accreditation assessment motivation and retention technology-based instruction and the overall student experience. In this timely volume Paul Kim brings together experts from higher education business law learning analytics and other relevant areas to provide an evenhanded research-based positioning of MOOCs within the existing educational technology landscape and a base for understanding whether they could reshape the future of education.</p>