Massive Open Online Courses for Africa by Africa
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2014
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International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning
Abstract
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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MOOCs, Higher education, eLearning, African governments, Low bandwidth
Citation
Oyo, B. & Kalema, B. (2014). Massive Open Online Courses for Africa by Africa. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 15(6), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v15i6.1889