%0 Journal Article
%T Open/Distance Teaching Universities Worldwide: Current Challenges and Future Prospects
%A Sarah Guri-Rosenblit
%J EduAction : Electronic Education Magazine
%D 2012
%I Polish Society of Internet Education Research
%X This article examines the current challenges faced by open/distance teaching universities worldwide. The challenges relate to: the change of technological and instructional infrastructures; the move from national systems to a global landscape; the need to find appropriate parties for collaboration in the academic and corporate worlds; the search for quality assurance mechanisms; and the digital divide between developing and developed countries, and between poor and rich. The article concludes with highlighting the leading prospects for open/ distance teaching universities.
%K open universities
%K distance education
%K e-learning
%K digital technologies
%K digital divide
%U http://wyrwidab.come.uw.edu.pl/ojs/index.php/eduakcja/article/download/80/50