%0 Journal Article %A Guri-Rosenblit, Sarah %C Poland, Europe %D 2012 %I Polish Society of Internet Education Research %J EduAction : Electronic Education Magazine %K open universities %K e-learning %K distance education %K digital technologies %K digital divide %P 4-12 %T Open/distance teaching universities worldwide: Current challenges and future prospects %U 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 %V 2 %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. %@ 2081-870X %( EduAkcja. Magazyn edukacji elektronicznej %* yes %> https://www.oerknowledgecloud.org/archive/27.pdf