 Online Learning—Do MOOCs Contribute to the Goals of Agenda 21: “Education for Sustainable Development”?Christiane Lohrmann ()
A chapter in Sustainability in a Digital World, 2017, pp 211-224 from Springer Abstract: Abstract The purpose of this article is to give insight into the fast development of free education offered on the internet. It specifically takes a look at the question of how free education and the use of Massive open online courses (MOOCs) worldwide can contribute to the goals of Agenda 21 of the United Nations in the context of “Education for Sustainable Development”. The free online courses are reaching large numbers of people worldwide, and especially people from non OECD countries with comparably less access to education are likely to report tangible benefits for education and career. First research results of this rather recent development claim that the use of free education provided on the internet does help to change the educational landscape and make a substantial contribution to the normative concept of ESD. Keywords: Sustainable Development; Smart Phone; Venture Capital Investment; Educational Benefit; Free Education (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:csrchp:978-3-319-54603-2_18 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-54603-2_18 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance from Springer |
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