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.

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 repr...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Chapter 1: The Myth of the Massive Open Online Course
• Chapter 2: Multiple Contexts and Purposes of MOOCs
• Chapter 3: Reconceptualising the Learner and Learning
• Chapter 4: The MOOC as a Misfit
• Chapter 5: Future Directions in Open Learning
• Index.