MOOCs and Open Education in the Global South Challenges, Successes, and Opportunities

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.

Dedication Foreword Preface Chapter 1. MOOCs and Open Education in the Global South: Successes and ChallengesSection 1: Historical Perspectives Chapter 2. An Historical Journey into K-MOOCs Leading to Possible Collaborations with North Korea Chapter 3. Current State of Practice and Research on MOOCs in Mainland China: A Critical Review Section 2: Current Practices and Designs Chapter 4. The Different Faces of Open in Egypt Chapter 5. Delivering on the Promise of Open Educational Resources: Pitfalls and Strategies Chapter 6. Massive Online Open Courses: The State of Practice in Indonesia Chapter 7. Orchestrating Shifts in Perspectives and Practices about the Design of MOOCs Chapter 8. A Different Kind of MOOC Architecture for Emerging Economies in Oceania and the Pacific Chapter 9. Nepali High School Students in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): Impressive Results and a Promising Future Chapter 10. MOOCs in Latin America: Trends and Issues Chapter 11. The Emotional Benefits of Diversity in MOOCs: Reshaping Views of Online Education Through Exposure to Global Learners Section 3: MOOCs and Open Education for Professional Development Chapter 12. Insights into a Nationwide pdMOOC portal: Bilgeis.net of Turkey Chapter 13. Promoting Open Education and MOOCs in Thailand: A Research Based Design Approach Chapter 14. Capacity Building of Teachers: A Case Study of the Technology-Enabled Learning (TEL) Massive Open Online Courses Chapter 15. The Development of MOOCs as Incubation Space for Professional and Institutional Learning: A View from South Africa Section 4: Multi-Country Collaborations and Collections Chapter 16. Courses for a Cause: MOOC Contributions to a "Better Place for All" Chapter 17. MOOCs in Six Emerging APEC Member Economies: Trends, Research and Recommendations Chapter 18. A Glimpse on How MOOCs from IDB are Impacting Learners in Latin America and the Caribbean Section 5: Government Policies and StrategiesChapter 19. Advancing Open Education Policy in Brazilian Higher Education Chapter 20. Global Trends and Policy Strategies and their Implications for the Sustainable Development of MOOCs in Malaysia Chapter 21. OERs for Development (OERs4D) Framework as Designed and Implemented in the Philippines Chapter 22. Disruptive Learning: Inspiring the Advancement of MOOCs in the Middle East Section 6: Organizational Innovations Chapter 23. Open Education at the World Bank: A Significant Dividend for Development Chapter 24. From OER to OEP: The case of an OER-integrated teacher education eLearning program in Africa Chapter 25. Responsive innovations in MOOCs for Development: A case study of AgMOOCs in India Chapter 26. Implementing a Skills Accelerator to Prepare Students in Kenya for Online-Only Bachelors and MBA Programs that Require MOOCs and OER: A Case Study Section 7: The Future of MOOCs and Open Education Chapter 27. Evolution of Online Learning Environments and the Emergence of Intelligent MOOCs Chapter 28. MOOCs and Open Education in the Global South: Future Opportunities Acknowledgments

Ke Zhang is Professor of Learning Design and Technology at Wayne State University, USA.

Curtis J. Bonk is Professor of Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University, USA, and President of CourseShare.

Thomas C. Reeves is Professor Emeritus of Learning, Design, and Technology at The University of Georgia, USA.

Thomas H. Reynolds is Professor of Teacher Education at National University, USA.