MOOCS AND MODERN DEMOCRACIES
MOOCS AND MODERN DEMOCRACIES
Author(s): Richard L. PateSubject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Addleton Academic Publishers
Keywords: MOOCs; Massine Open Online Classes; democracy; tyranny of the majority; marketing; conformity
Summary/Abstract: A discussion of the imposition of the interests of the few on the collective through a subtle but effective manner: the eventual, complete development of Massive Open Online Courses. It is this article’s premise that this development together with current marketing efficacy and the present economic goals of modern democracies, is probable to result in a shrinkage of the market place of ideas and, paradoxically, likely to result in a diminution of democracy in the world.
Journal: Contemporary Readings in Law and Social Justice
- Issue Year: V/2013
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 39-49
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English
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