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Hmmn...I'm open to the possibilities of MOOCs but got caught up on this sentence. Borderless? OK. But gender-blind, race-blind, class-blind and bank-account blind? This seems to me a blanket statement that glosses over the complexities that exist in the real world. MOOCs are not a panacea for education. A MOOC is an environment constructed through a variety of networked digital tools. It is how people choose to interact within that environment that determines if it is gender or race friendly. And though MOOCs may be free, for now, there is certainly a cost to gaining access to the technology, which in all likelihood presents a barrier for those from a lower SES.