Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Open distance learning in India: a brief history/P.R. Ramanujam. 3. Open distance education in the Anglophone Caribbean/Badri N. Koul. 4. Open distance learning in Africa/C.R. Pillai. 5. Open distance learning, development and the commonwealth/John S. Daniel. 6. Higher education through e-learning global challenges/Gajaraj Dhanarajan. 7. Visions of learner autonomy/Otto Peters. 8. Quality assurance in ODL: from cottage industry into the main stream/Fred Lockwood. 9. Learning from, in and with technology/Sanjaya Mishra. 10. Internet browsing through community radio/I. Arul Aram. 11. The will to learn: Tutor's role/Paul Kawachi. 12. A successful ODL accounting course/Danny S.N. Wong and Theodore T.Y. Chen. 13. Technology pedagogy, and quality in open distance learning/P.R. Ramanujam. Index.

"Globalisation has affected every aspect of the modern world. Education is one of the fields that have been constantly undergoing drastic changes under its impact. With the increasing use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Education and Open Distance Learning have become truly global. The impact of the process of educational globalization has been varied in the different regions of the global. In this book educational leaders and experts have contributed to the ongoing debate. They have presented their views and perspectives based on international experiences. The primary concerns of the contributors are equity, equality and quality educational services to be offered to learners of different age groups with different cultural and academic orientations across the continents of Asia, Africa, Europe and the Caribbean region." (jacket)