Challenges before Open and Distance Learning: Global Perspective and the Experience of Open University Malaysia

• Main Author: Anuwar Ali,
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education; LC5800 Distance education
• Online Access: http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/601/1/Global_outreach.pdf; http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/601/2/Global_outreach_presentation.pdf; http://library.oum.edu.my/repository/601/

Open and distance learning (ODL) has played a significant role in the transformation of higher education from an elite privilege to a democratised opportunity, particularly in view of economic competition and the global drive towards a knowledge-based community. As a novel approach in delivering ed...