Higher Education Through Open and Distance Learning

This book explores in detail the options available to potential students wishing to study through distance methods, presenting a fascinating picture of a world's educational culture in transition. It includes reviews of higher education in a range of countries, a study of the impact of the new technologies, an examination of the trend towards lifelong learning, and the uses of distance education by developing economies.

Keith Harry was until recently Director of the International Centre for Distance Learning at the Open University, and is now a freelance adviser.

1 Open and distance learning for the new society PART 1 Themes 2 The internationalisation of higher education 3 The impact of telecommunications 4 Professional reflective practice and lifelong learning 5 Flexible learning and university change 6 The costs of distance education 7 Africa 8 America 9 Asia 10 Europe 11 Oceania Afterword: Open learning and/or distance education: which one for what purpose?