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March 17, 2014International Higher EducationOpen Access

MOOCs as Neocolonialism: Who Controls Knowledge?

Philip G. Altbach

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MOOCs are at the center of debate. This article discusses MOOCs from the perspective of the ownership of knowledge and the implications for developing countries.

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Philip G. Altbach (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a106a3c96ccf432806020bb https://doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2014.75.5426

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