Democratizing education? Examining access and usage patterns in massive open online courses

Science

Volumn 350, Issue 6265, 2015, Pages 1245-1248

  Hansen, John D ^a   Reich, Justin ^b  

^a HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DEMOCRACY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; INTERNET; LEARNING; NEIGHBORHOOD; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; CAREER; EDUCATION; ENGINEERING; HUMAN; LEARNING; MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSE; NEIGHBORHOOD; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SCIENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUDENT; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERTIFICATION; DECISION MAKING; INTERNET; MATHEMATICS; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREER CHOICE; CERTIFICATION; EDUCATION, DISTANCE; ENGINEERING; HUMANS; INTERNET; LEARNING; MATHEMATICS; ONLINE SYSTEMS; SCIENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS; TECHNOLOGY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949009159     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.aab3782     Document Type: Article

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