The battle for open : how openness won and why it doesn't feel like victory /

With the success of open access publishing, Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open education practices, the open approach to education has moved from the periphery to the mainstream. This marks a moment of victory for the open education movement, but at the same time the real battle for the di...

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Main Author:	Weller, Martin (Author)
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : Ubiquity Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Internet in higher education. Education, Higher > Computer-assisted instruction. Educational innovations > History > 21st century. Educational technology > 21st century. Education > Experimental methods. Education and state. Strategic planning > Decision making. Open access publishing. Scholarly electronic publishing. Technological innovations > Social aspects. Electronic information resources > Fair use (Copyright) Educational innovations. Educational technology. Education. Open learning, home learning, distance education. Philosophy and theory of education. Society and social sciences Society and social sciences. EDUCATION / Distance & Online Education. 2000-2099 Electronic books. History.
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Summary:	With the success of open access publishing, Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and open education practices, the open approach to education has moved from the periphery to the mainstream. This marks a moment of victory for the open education movement, but at the same time the real battle for the direction of openness begins. As with the green movement, openness now has a market value and is subject to new tensions, such as venture capitalists funding MOOC companies. This is a crucial time for determining the future direction of open education.In this volume, Martin Weller examines four key areas that have been central to the developments within open education: open access, MOOCs, open education resources and open scholarship. Exploring the tensions within these key arenas, he argues that ownership over the future direction of openness is significant to all those with an interest in education.
Item Description:	Resource simultaneously available in PDF, EPUB format, and MOBI format.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (x, 232 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-230) and index.
ISBN:	9781909188358 1909188352