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The Dark Side Of The Mooc - A Critical Inquiry On Their Claims And Realities, Markus Deimann
The Dark Side Of The Mooc - A Critical Inquiry On Their Claims And Realities, Markus Deimann
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Building on the work of French philosopher Michel Foucault, this paper utilises critical discourse analysis to examine claims attached to MOOCs in New York Times articles published between 2012 and 2013. Discourse analysis is proposed as a valuable tool enabling the understanding of MOOCs as historically constituted and socially constructed “events” with hidden meanings masked by rhetoric slogans. Noting that language is not just the reflection of social and psychological life but rather constructs social realities, this work posits how both media and commercial MOOC providers have constructed an “education is broken” narrative which states (1) traditional universities are no …