Massive open online courses for Africa by Africa

Africa is known for inadequate access to all sorts of human needs including health, education, food, shelter, transport, security, and energy. Before the emergence of massive open online courses (MOOCs), open access to higher education (HE) was exclusive of Africa. However, as a generally affordabl...

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Autores principales:	Benedict Oyo, Billy Mathias Kalema
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Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Athabasca University Press 2014
Materias:	MOOCs higher education e-learning African governments low bandwidth Special aspects of education LC8-6691
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/ad90d0a313b746a4b9cc781bf4f876ae
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:ad90d0a313b746a4b9cc781bf4f876ae2021-12-02T18:03:24ZMassive open online courses for Africa by Africa10.19173/irrodl.v15i6.18891492-3831https://doaj.org/article/ad90d0a313b746a4b9cc781bf4f876ae2014-10-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/view/1889https://doaj.org/toc/1492-3831 Africa is known for inadequate access to all sorts of human needs including health, education, food, shelter, transport, security, and energy. Before the emergence of massive open online courses (MOOCs), open access to higher education (HE) was exclusive of Africa. However, as a generally affordable method of post-secondary education delivery, MOOCs place the developing countries at the centre of universal access to HE. This paper provides the strategy for MOOC implementation in the context of limited resources in Africa. The strategy is clustered under five baseline requirements: national accredited MOOC curriculum, electronic content development, development of an online and offline eLearning platform, establishment and funding of MOOC coordination units at public HEIs, and establishment of MOOC access hubs at strategic locations. Emerging from this paper is the insight that a new era of universal access to HE in Africa is achievable through MOOCs only if initial requirements are met by the respective governments. Benedict OyoBilly Mathias KalemaAthabasca University PressarticleMOOCshigher educatione-learningAfrican governmentslow bandwidthSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691ENInternational Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, Vol 15, Iss 6 (2014)
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description	Africa is known for inadequate access to all sorts of human needs including health, education, food, shelter, transport, security, and energy. Before the emergence of massive open online courses (MOOCs), open access to higher education (HE) was exclusive of Africa. However, as a generally affordable method of post-secondary education delivery, MOOCs place the developing countries at the centre of universal access to HE. This paper provides the strategy for MOOC implementation in the context of limited resources in Africa. The strategy is clustered under five baseline requirements: national accredited MOOC curriculum, electronic content development, development of an online and offline eLearning platform, establishment and funding of MOOC coordination units at public HEIs, and establishment of MOOC access hubs at strategic locations. Emerging from this paper is the insight that a new era of universal access to HE in Africa is achievable through MOOCs only if initial requirements are met by the respective governments.
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Massive open online courses for Africa by Africa

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