Reconceptualising Learning in the Digital Age The [Un]democratising Potential of MOOCs /

• Main Authors: Littlejohn, Allison (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Hood, Nina (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Open and Distance Education,
• Subjects: Educational technology.; Learning.; Instruction.; Teaching.; Educational Technology.; Learning & Instruction.; Teaching and Teacher Education.
• Physical Description: VIII, 108 p. 9 illus., 7 illus. in color. online resource.
• ISBN: 9789811088933
• ISSN: 2509-4335
• DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-8893-3

This book situates Massive Open Online Courses and open learning within a broader educational, economic and social context. It raises questions regarding whether Massive Open Online Courses effectively address demands to open up access to education by triggering a new education order, or merely represent reactionary and unimaginative responses to those demands. It offers a fresh perspective on how we conceptualise learners and learning, teachers and teaching, accreditation and quality, and how these dimensions fit within the emerging landscape of new forms of open learning.