The books in this series are written primarily for two types of clientele: those engaged in educational planning and administration, in developing as well as developed countries; and those, such as senior government officials and policy-makers, seeking a more general understanding of educational planning and how it relates to national development. They are intended to be of use either for private study or in formal training programmes.
Developing Countries in the E-learning Era
In addition to reducing geographical isolation, distance education, thanks to its more favourable cost structure, allows the monitoring of social and economic remoteness. It may thus have much to offer for developing countries. Digital technologies not only bring remote populations closer, they also permit the development of adapted and diversified pedagogical models, with an economic approach aiming at more than just economies of scale.
In this book, Christian Depover and François Orivel examine some of the ways developing countries – in particular on the African continent, where needs often exceed resources – might benefit from distance education. The authors give particular attention to the development of higher education, its quality, productivity and cost control.