Open Education - A Study in Disruption (Paperback)

What for decades could only be dreamed of is now almost within reach: the widespread provision of free online education, regardless of a geographic location, financial status, or ability to access conventional institutions of learning. But does open education really offer the openness, democracy and cost-effectiveness its supporters promise? Or will it lead to a two-tier system, where those who can't afford to attend a traditional university will have to make do with online, second-rate alternatives? Open Education engages critically with the creative disruption of the university through free online education. It puts into political context not just the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS) but also TED Talks, Wikiversity along with self-organised 'pirate' libraries and 'free universities' associated with the anti-austerity protests and the global Occupy movement. Questioning many of the ideas open education projects take for granted, including Creative Commons, it proposes a radically different model for the university and education in the twenty-first century.

General

Imprint:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Disruptions
Release date:	October 2014
Authors:	Pauline van Mourik Broekman • Gary Hall • Ted Byfield • Shaun Hides • Simon Worthington
Dimensions:	213 x 141 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	126
ISBN-13:	978-1-78348-209-2
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Education > Philosophy of education Books > Social sciences > Education > Organization & management of education > General Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Open learning & distance education Books > Social sciences > Education > Higher & further education > Universities / polytechnics Promotions
LSN:	1-78348-209-5
Barcode:	9781783482092

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