MOOC is the acronym for “mass open online course”; these MOOCs have had a far-reaching influence on the way education is perceived today. For the moment, MOOCs are almost always free, as students do not pay any fees to register or take the course. Enrollments are high, ranging from thousands to hundreds of thousands. While enrollments and perceived interest may be high, course completion rates are extremely low; often no more than five or ten percent of students who enroll manage to finish the course. 1 The mission of MOOCs is to increase access to higher education globally, reduce costs, and invigorate teaching and learning. 2 MOOCs have spread like wildfire; the number of students taking at least one online course now stands at 6.7 million. 3 Additionally, the percentage of all students taking at least one online course is at an all-time high of 32%. 3 The importance of online higher education is growing rapidly and now forms a central aspect of the Western educational model for the future. On the surface, MOOCs and online higher education seem like genuine concepts to be exported to developing countries, but in reality online higher education is part of the veiled forced Westernization of the third world. Throughout history, in various cases, the Western world has imposed the Western educational model on traditional cultures. This education interferes with native culture and destroys people's history. The poster for Carol Black's film, Schooling the World: The White Man's Last Burden?, asks the question: "if you wanted to destroy a culture, where would you start?" You would start with the children. 4 In Africa, Christian missionaries introduced the Western-style education system and even after es...... middle of paper ......l Computers for eLearning: Sri Lankan Experience." Journal of Education and Training Studies [Online ], 1.2 (2013): 152-158.15: eLearning Africa News (April 2013).27.4.Indigenous education and prospects for cultural survival.17: Al-Harthi, A.S. 2010a).(3), 135-150.18: Al-Harthi, A.S. (2010b) Cultural Differences in the Distance Transactional Preferences of Arab and American Distance Learners The Quarterly Review of Distance Education Journal 11(4), pp. 257-267.19: Emanuel,. EJ. Nature (21 November 2013)..