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The Diffusion and Social Implications of MOOCs: A Comparative Study of the USA and Europe book cover

1st Edition

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

By Valentina Goglio Copyright 2022
256 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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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... Read more

1. Introduction

PART 1 - THE ECOLOGY OF MOOCs

2. History of MOOCs: what are MOOCs, where do they come from and where are they headed?

3. MOOCs in context: the evolution of MOOCs in the USA and in Europe

PART 2 - ACCESS AND SUCCESS IN MOOCs

4. MOOCs and inequalities of educational opportunities. A review

5. Beyond curiosity: why enroll on a MOOC?

6. It is a long way until the end. Patterns of enrolment on, participation in, and completion of MOOCs

PART 3 - THE USES OF MOOCs

7. Returns to education and the structure of labour market

8. MOOCs for the job

9. Conclusions

10. Methodological Appendix

Foreword (Sonia Bertolini)

Foreword (Paolo Parigi)

Acknowledgments

Biography

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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