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The Diffusion and Social Implications of MOOCs: A Comparative Study of the USA and Europe - Hardcover

Goglio, Valentina

 
9780367444440: The Diffusion and Social Implications of MOOCs: A Comparative Study of the USA and Europe
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0367444445 ISBN 13: 9780367444440
Publisher: Routledge, 2022

Synopsis

Chapter 9 of this book is available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.routledge.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Since their first appearance in 2011, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have been at the centre of a great deal of media attention, owing to their disruptive potential in education. As university-level courses delivered free-of charge on digital platforms, they have also been the occasion of conflicting views regarding the quality of education and the future configuration of higher education systems. Based on new empirical research, including qualitative interviews as well as quantitative data from learners across several MOOCs, this book contributes to the debate by providing a comparative study of the diffusion and social implications of MOOCs in the USA, where everything started, and in Europe, where MOOCs were belatedly adopted by higher education institutions but now exhibit remarkable growth. Investigating the impact of MOOCs at macro level, on national higher education systems, as well as the social implications of MOOCs at micro level, with particular attention to the opportunities offered to learners to acquire knowledge and skills The Diffusion and Social Implications of MOOCs provides an encompassing comparative investigation of the specificity and social implications of the diffusion of MOOCs in two geographically and institutionally diverse contexts. As such, it will appeal to social scientists with interests in new technologies and higher education.

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About the Author

Valentina Goglio is Assistant Professor of Economic Sociology in the Department of Culture, Politics and Society at the University of Turin, Italy. She has been Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow with the project MOOC_DaSI.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2022
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367444445
ISBN 13 
9780367444440
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
256