Overview
- Examines MOOCs as a relatively new global phenomenon
- Critiques the MOOCs movement's shift towards commercialised interests
- Offers a clear and concise research design and methodology for researchers to follow
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About this book
This book critically examines the role of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in higher education, against the backdrop of rapid developments in online learning. Reporting on a method by which one could isolate ideologically charged words from websites, the author underlines the need to pause, question and understand the underlying motives behind MOOCs, and ask fundamental questions about their data use, commercial interests, and ability to provide ‘good’ education. With its step-by-step ideological analysis, the author challenges educators, policymakers, and students alike to reconsider the fabric of online courses and their associated platforms. The book will appeal to scholars of digital education and sociology, as well as scholars from the critical sciences.
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Seb Dianati is Academic Lead in the Digital Learning Futures team in Education Strategy at Charles Darwin University, Australia
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Commercialisation of Massive Open Online Courses
Book Subtitle: Reading Ideologies in Between the Lines
Authors: Seb Dianati
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58184-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-58183-0Published: 14 May 2024
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-58186-1Due: 14 June 2024
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-58184-7Published: 13 May 2024
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 174
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: Education, general, Sociology of Education, Higher Education, Science and Technology Studies, Digital/New Media