Conference Title: UNIKE Workshop - Global Processes and Regional Spaces

Session/Panel: Session 7

Talk Title: MOOCs as an Instrument of Global Democracy?

Two and a half days' PhD course with a coherent programme of lectures, discussions and meetings with students on their projects. This is the first workshop in the PhD training package of the EU Marie Curie programme UNIKE (Universities in the Knowledge Economy).

The workshop will be organised in terms of three main themes

1. Scientific Training: Global processes and regional spaces
2. Complementary skills: International networking and collaboration
3. Aspects of Doctoral Education: History of policy debates about doctoral education in Europe and the USA