探索moocs的伦理意蕴（英文）

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1、ExploringtheethicalimplicationsofMOOCsStephenMarshall*CentreforAcademicDevelopment,VictoriaUniversityofWellington,Wellington,NewZealand(Received30October2013;finalversionreceived12April2014)Massiveopenonlinecourses(MOOCs)representapotentiallyexcitingo

2、pportu-nitytousetechnologytorealisemanyofthelong-promisedbenefitsofuniversalhighereducation.WhiletherearemanypositiveaspectstotheMOOCsonofferandindevelopment,therearealsosignificantethicalconcernsarisingfromvari-ousinitiatives.Theseincludetheacademicdu

3、tiesofcareandintegrity,commer-cialexploitationoflearners,aswellasresearchethicsconcernsarisingfromtheanalyticalandotherworkbeingdonebyacademicsandinstitutions.Theseissuesareexploredandasetofheuristicsforindividualsandinstitutionsprovidedasastartingpo

4、intforethicalanalysisofMOOCsandassociatedactivities.Keywords:massiveopenonlinecourse(MOOC);ethics;pedagogicalintegrity;academicfreedomIntroductionMassiveopenonlinecourses(MOOCs)havestimulatedaninternationalengagementwiththerolethattechnologycanplayin

5、enablingwideraccesstolearning.Theotherarticlesinthisspecialissuearetestamenttothediversityofinitiativesbeingundertaken.MOOCsareveryunlikelytobe“themostimportanteducationtechnologyin200years”(Regalado,2012)noraretheylikelytoheraldBillGates”“goldenera”

6、ofe-learning(Grossman,2013),buttheyhaveclearlystimulatedare-examinationofonlinelearninginmanyinstitutions(Allen&Seaman,2014).DespitethesubstantialvolumeofresearchandcommentaryonMOOCs,therehasyettobeanysubstantiveengagementwiththeethicalissuesassociat

7、edwiththisresearch(Liyanagunawardena,Adams,&Williams,2013)withonlyonepeer-reviewedarticleidentifiedintheMOOCliterature(Esposito,2012).Thislackofengagementwithethicalissuesisaconcern.Institutionsandaca-demicsarenotactingfromablankslate;explicitlyandimp

8、licitlymanyMOOCini-tiativesaredrawinguponexistingreputationsandtheculturalcapitalthathighereducationhasinmanycountries.Inassociatingthesenewformsofeducationwithexistingsystemsandinstitutionsofsocietywehaveaprofessionalandsocialobliga-tiontoensurethat