| Abstract | How open is open learning when the first thing a prospective learner encounters is a requirement that they submit some information about themselves: their name, their email, possibly more? This can be seen as a price that course organizers are demanding, one that they convert to currencies of marketing reach, credibility and impact. In the tradition of the early MOOCs, which were designed around the philosophy of an open network, this presentation argues that open learning should enable enrollment without the requirement that information be provided, hence enabling legitimate peripheral participation, with the option of greater engagement entirely at the discretion of the learner. A model of open online enrollment will be shared, and reference implementations of open specifications technology that enables open online enrollment will be demonstrated. |
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