Unexploited Resources of Online Education for Democracy - Why the Future Should Belong to OpenCourseWare
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چکیده
With Massachusetts Institute of Technology's bold “OpenCourseWare” initiative, one of the world's leading universities is making its teaching material accessible on the Internet, free of charge, to any user anywhere in the world. While this seems counter-intuitive in the trend towards commercialization in today's educational markets, I will argue that this strategy could not only prove successful economically, but also exploit human capital resources that would foster innovation and strengthen the democratic foundation of a knowledge-based society.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- First Monday
دوره 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2001