Open and Distance Learning: Trends, Policy and Strategy Considerations

The globalization of distance education provides many opportunities for developing countries for the realization of their education system-wide goals. Two main factors have led to an explosion of interest in distance learning: the growing need for continual skills upgrading and retraining; and the technological advances that have made it possible to teach more and more subjects at a distance.

Title : Open and Distance Learning: Trends, Policy and Strategy Considerations

Authors : Alan Tait, Paul Resta, Greville Rumble, Yuri Zaparovanny

Editor : Michael M. Moore

Publisher : UNESCO, 2002

Length : 96pages

File : Pdf ( Text )

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