MOOCs in Asia: Promise Unfulfilled or Promise Realized?

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dc.contributor.authorFarley, Helen
dc.contributor.editorKapur D
dc.contributor.editorKong L
dc.contributor.editorLo F
dc.contributor.editorMalone DM
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-26T21:55:04Z
dc.date.available2023-07-26T21:55:04Z
dc.date.issued2023en
dc.date.updated2023-06-07T01:09:28Z
dc.description.abstractMassive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) have become increasingly prominent across Asia. This eminence (and notoriety) reflects that seen globally, with MOOCs viewed both as eliminating inequities in access to higher education and as a failed experiment in learning. This chapter investigates the relationship between formal distance education and MOOCs, seeing MOOCs emerge from the Open Educational Resources, Open CourseWare, and the Open Educational Practice movements. The emergence of MOOCs is described across six developed and developing Asian countries. These cases illustrate how MOOCs in Asia differ from those of the United States and Europe. Specifically, they have been supported by central governments through direct funding and robust policy environments. Barriers to the wider adoption of MOOCs in Asia are explored in the chapter, covering a range of factors that include language of delivery, cultural specificity, and technical infrastructure. The chapter concludes with a brief exploration of possible future directions for MOOCs in Asia.en
dc.identifier.citationFarley, Helen, 'MOOCs in Asia: Promise Unfulfilled or Promise Realized?', in Devesh Kapur, David M. Malone, and Lily Kong (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region, Oxford Handbooks (2023; Oxford Academic, 23 Feb. 2023)en
dc.identifier.doihttp://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192845986.013.17
dc.identifier.isbn9780192845986
dc.identifier.isbn0192845985
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/105773
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherOxford University Pressen
dc.rightsAll rights reserved unless otherwise stateden
dc.rightsThis material was originally published in The Oxford Handbook of Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific Region, Oxford Handbooks edited by Devesh Kapur, David M. Malone, and Lily Kong, and has been reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192845986.013.17. For permission to reuse this material, please visit http://global.oup.com/academic/rights.en
dc.rights.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subjectmoocsen
dc.subjectopen learning resourcesen
dc.subjectopen learningen
dc.subjecthigher education in Asiaen
dc.subjecteducation policyen
dc.subjectinformal learningen
dc.subjectdistance learningen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::39 - Education::3903 - Education systems::390303 - Higher educationen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::39 - Education::3904 - Specialist studies in education::390499 - Specialist studies in education not elsewhere classifieden
dc.titleMOOCs in Asia: Promise Unfulfilled or Promise Realized?en
dc.typeChaptersen
uc.collegeFaculty of Law
uc.departmentFaculty of Law
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