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Education has until recently promoted social mobility, broad economic growth, and democracy. However, modern universities direct policy and resources toward criteria that exacerbate income inequality and reduce social mobility. Online education can make education more socially, geographically, temporally, and financially accessible, impacting the higher education industry, governments, economies, communities, and society in general. Thus, education's shift away from scarcity affects the differential earnings and socio-political influence of all concerned, and online education impacts, and is impacted by, such shifting power structures. Socioeconomics, Diversity, and the Politics of Online Education is a cutting-edge research publication that explores online education's optimal design and management so that more students, especially those traditionally underserved, are successful and can contribute to their communities and society. Additionally, it looks at the political/regulatory, diversity, and socioeconomic impacts on online education, especially for online education demographic groups. Featuring a wide range of topics including globalization, accreditation, and socioeconomics, this book is essential for teachers, administrators, government policy writers, educational software developers, MOOC providers, LMS providers, policymakers, academicians, administrators, researchers, and students interested in student retention and diversity and income inequality as well as promoting social mobility and democracy through accessible public education.

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Kristina Setzekorn is an Academic Department Chair in the School of Business and IT at Purdue University Global (PG). She oversees the MS in Cybersecurity Management (MSCM) and MS in Information Technology (MSIT) programs, as well as undergraduate project management and internship courses. She earned her BS at Iowa State University, MBA at Southern Illinois University (SIU) - Edwardsville and PhD (MIS major, Operations Management minor) from SIU - Carbondale. Setzekorn’s current research investigates student performance/ persistence and diversity in online learning environments, and higher education industry strategy. Nainika Patnayakuni has taught information systems, computer science and supply chain management at various institutions around the world for the last 20 years. Her research areas are Cyber-Security, Supply Chain Management and Computing Education. Tina Burton is the Associate Dean for the School of Business and Information Technology for Purdue University Global, on the Information Technology side and has been in that position for over nine years. Dr. Burton holds a Doctorate of Management in Organizational Leadership, a Masters in Computer Information Systems, and a Bachelors in Psychology.

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