ABSTRACT
With e-learning technologies evolving and expanding at high rates, organizations and institutions around the world are integrating massive open online courses (MOOCs) and other open educational resources (OERs). MOOCs and Open Education in the Global South explores the initiatives that are leveraging these flexible systems to educate, train, and empower populations previously denied access to such opportunities.
Featuring contributors leading efforts in rapidly changing nations and regions, this wide-ranging collection grapples with accreditation, credentialing, quality standards, innovative assessment, learner motivation and attrition, and numerous other issues. The provocative narratives curated in this volume demonstrate how MOOCs and OER can be effectively designed and implemented in vastly different ways in particular settings, as detailed by experts from Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Africa, the Pacific/Oceania, and the Caribbean.
This comprehensive text is an essential resource for policy makers, instructional designers, practitioners, administrators, and other MOOC and OER community stakeholders.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section Section 1|26 pages
Historical Perspectives
chapter 3|13 pages
Current State of Practice and Research on MOOCs in Mainland China
section Section 2|86 pages
Current Practices and Designs
chapter 9|9 pages
Nepali High School Students in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)
chapter 11|14 pages
The Emotional Benefits of Diversity in MOOCs
section Section 3|52 pages
MOOCs and Open Education for Professional Development
chapter 14|13 pages
Capacity Building of Teachers
chapter 15|10 pages
The Development of MOOCs as Incubation SPACE for Professional and Institutional Learning
section Section 4|48 pages
Multi-Country Collaborations and Collections
chapter 17|13 pages
MOOCs in Six Emerging APEC Member Economies
section Section 5|44 pages
Government Policies and Strategies
section Section 6|56 pages
Organizational Innovations
chapter 24|14 pages
From OER to OEP
section Section 7|24 pages
The Future of MOOCs and Open Education