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Patru, Mariana; Balaji, Venkataraman

The Guide is designed to raise general awareness amongst policy makers in developing countries as to how Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) might address their concerns and priorities, particularly in terms of access ...

Match: developing; government policy; oer policy

Kanwar, Asha; Kodhandaraman, Balasubramanian; Umar, Abdurrahman

This presentation seeks to critically examine the experiences of the Commonwealth of Learning in the creation and dissemination of OER and to share the lessons learned. What are some of the key components of ...

Match: developing; oer policy

Porter, David; Beale, Russell; Daniel, John; McGreal, Rory; Prabhakar, T V

A MOOC (massive open online course) is an online course that normally requires no prior qualifications for entry, can be accessed by anyone who has an Internet connection, and includes large or very large numbers of ...

Match: government policy; national policy

Mays, Tony

This presentation was given by Tony Mays at the Open University of Tanzania in 2016.

Match: government policy; oer policy; policy framework

Nkuyubwatsi, Bernard

Recent reports on xMOOCs indicated that underprivileged learners in need for higher education have minimally been reached by these courses. While the open access agenda is needed to reach such learners, most MOOCs were ...

Match: developing

UNESCO

In a unprecedented move, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) last year announced that it will put online the substance of nearly all its courses during the coming few years. As the number of academic courses ...

Match: developing; oer policy

The application of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) is already changing the organization and delivery of higher education. The pedagogical and socio-economic forces that have driven the higher learning ...

Match: developing

Kanwar, Asha

Harvard University Extension, Vancouver, Canada, April 7, 2011, Presented via teleconference, "OER: A Developing World Perspective" Prof. Asha Kanwar, Commonwealth of Learning

Match: developing

Larson, Richard C.; Murray, Elizabeth M.

With today’s computer and telecommunications technologies, every young person can have a quality education regardless of his or her place of birth. This is the dream that Open Educational Resources (OERs), when viewed ...

Match: developing

Mora, Monica; Hassin, Kamal; Pullin, Andrew; Muegge, Steven

Open educational resources (OER), in combination with emerging information and communication technologies (ICT), may enable opportunities for education in regions of the world where few opportunities exist today. There ...

Match: developing