What is Massification

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The process of bringing a good or service (in this instance education) to a mass audience. Learn more in: An Alternative Technology: Distance Education through Transnational Partnerships

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The process of bringing education to a world audience. Learn more in: New Learning for New Students

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A business model encompassing fast cycles, rapid prototyping and small product batches with larger varieties. Learn more in: Slow Fashion and Sustainability: The Luxury Impact

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Widespread adoption of technology, bringing with it uniformity. Learn more in: Ten Scalability Factors in Distance Education

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Has emerged from the terms globalization and internationalism, which affected higher education systems. In turn, the massification of higher education resulted in the evaluation of social/cultural, economic, political, and technological outcomes and advances and trends in the 21 st century. The growth and evolution of these higher education systems presents challenges and opportunities. Learn more in: K. Patricia Cross's Chain-of-Response (COR) Model for Widening Participation at Higher Levels of Lifelong Learning in a World of Massification: Past, Present, and Future

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The term applied to global exponential growth of enrollment in tertiary education. Learn more in: Economic Impact of Information and Communication Technology in Higher Education

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The expansion of provision and uptake of higher education. Learn more in: Humanizing Learning for All: Considerations for Large-Scale Online Design Initiatives