"I really thought the whole idea was to share expertise and make education available to everyone," says Alastair Creelman. But it "is sad to see that the MOOC movement, built on the concept of openness, has resulted in silos of locked content that may in the future be unlocked to those willing to pay for membership." I agree. But I point out in my comment (which did not make it through moderation) this is what we should expect to happen when we allow the elite private universities to take leadership over what was originally a grassroots movement. As Audre Lorde said, "The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house." If we want openness, we have to build it ourselves, and not rely on the largess of the rich and powerful to do it for us.
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