IIE Blog: What Role Can MOOCs Play in the Development Agenda? Five Key Questions

 

Many professionals in the development sector are questioning whether Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are a panacea for increasing access to tertiary education, or whether they are more likely to widen the access gap. Rajika Bhandari, IIE's Deputy Vice President of Research and Evaluation, poses five key questions on this topic, challenging assumptions about infrastructure, gender, local relevance, and the role of the teacher.