@article { title = {Open/distance teaching universities worldwide: Current challenges and future prospects}, year = {2012}, month = {/2012}, author = {Guri-Rosenblit, Sarah}, keywords = {open universities, e-learning, distance education, digital technologies, digital divide}, country = {Poland}, journal = {EduAction : Electronic Education Magazine}, publisher = {Polish Society of Internet Education Research}, volume = {2}, issue = {4}, pages = {4-12}, issn = {2081-870X}, abstract = {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.}, refereed = {yes}, url = {http://eduakcja.eu/index.php/pl/archiwum/nr-2-3-2012/10-archiwum/nr-2-4-2012/18-open-distance-teaching-universities-worldwide-current-challenges-and-future-prospects.html}, attachments = {27.pdf}, }