No MOOCs for Iran or Syria?

By Kris Olds. Yesterday’s news that Coursera and Udacity need to follow US sanction rules is a reminder that the forces shaping the evolving global geographies of MOOCs is an issue that needs to be grappled with more thoroughly and systematically. In recent entries here on Inside Higher Ed, I've argued that the MOOCs phenomenon has helped deterritorialize higher education institutions and practices via their 'global reach’ such that the American-centric debates about MOOCs (e.g., completion rates; their uses to resolve austerity-induced public higher ed challenges), are important, yes, but just the edge of much broader debates that need to be engaged in. Read more...