Open Education - 9781783482092

Open EducationA Study in Disruption\nAuthor(s): Pauline van Mourik Broekman, Gary Hall, Ted Byfield, Shaun Hides, Simon Worthington\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Rowman & Littlefield International\nISBN-13: 9781783482092, 978-1783482092\nSynopsis\nWhat for decades could only be dreamt 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. \n\nBut 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 cant afford to attend a traditional university will have to make do with online, second-rate alternatives?\n\nOpen 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 Cours.