Can MOOCs Reduce Global Inequality in Education?

Australasian Marketing Journal - Tập 26 - Trang 116-120 - 2018
Rachel Pollack Ichou1
1Oxford Internet Institute (former); UNESCO (current)

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Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have been hailed as means for unprecedented access to education, crossing divisions of race, class, age, gender, and geography. Yet empirical studies have demonstrated that students of MOOCs are primarily those already advantaged in terms of education and socioeconomic status. Drawing on recent academic literature and a theoretical understanding of the role of technology in education, this article examines whether MOOCs can indeed reduce global inequality in education. The paper concludes that while MOOCs can provide a novel form of learning through technology and remove a significant cost barrier to education, they will do little to reduce global educational gaps until they are able to reach and retain those most lacking education.

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Australasian Marketing Journal

Tập 26

116-120

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