TY - JOUR TI - Digital neocolonialism and massive open online courses (MOOCs): colonial pasts and neoliberal futures AU - Adam, Taskeen T2 - Learning, Media and Technology AB - Through evaluating dominant MOOC platforms created by Western universities, I argue that MOOCs on such platforms tend to embed Western-centric epistemologies and propagate this without questioning their global relevance. Consequently, such MOOCs can be detrimental when educating diverse and complex participants as they erode local and indigenous knowledge systems. Arguing that the digital divide is an exacerbation of historical inequalities, I draw parallels between colonial education, specifically across Sub-Saharan Africa, and ‘digital neocolonialism’ through Western MOOC platforms. I analyse similarities in ideology, assumptions, and methods of control. Highlighting evolving forms of coloniality, I include contemporary problems created by neoliberal techno-capitalist agendas, such as the commodification of education. Balance is needed between the opportunities offered through MOOCs and the harms they cause through overshadowing marginalised knowledges and framing disruptive technologies as the saviour. While recommending solutions for inclusion of marginalised voices, further problems such as adverse incorporation are raised. DA - 2019/07/03/ PY - 2019 DO - 10.1080/17439884.2019.1640740 DP - Taylor and Francis+NEJM VL - 44 IS - 3 SP - 365 EP - 380 SN - 1743-9884 ST - Digital neocolonialism and massive open online courses (MOOCs) UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/17439884.2019.1640740 Y2 - 2019/09/28/11:49:14 KW - Author:OpenDevEd KW - Decolonising education KW - _C:Canada CAN KW - _C:China CHN KW - _C:Cuba CUB KW - _C:France FRA KW - _C:Germany DEU KW - _C:Ghana GHA KW - _C:India IND KW - _C:Iran IRN KW - _C:Italy ITA KW - _C:Jordan JOR KW - _C:Korea, Democratic People's Republic PRK KW - _C:Mexico MEX KW - _C:Nigeria NGA KW - _C:Somalia SOM KW - _C:South Africa ZAF KW - _C:Spain ESP KW - _C:Sudan SDN KW - _C:Syrian Arab Republic SYR KW - _C:Thailand THA KW - _C:Tonga TON KW - _C:Turkey TUR KW - __C:filed:1 KW - __C:scheme:1 KW - decolonising technology KW - digital neocolonialism KW - epistemic injustice KW - neoliberal education ER -