Viijay Kumar recently contributed to an ongoing discussion on open education throught the world.
Contrasting the high cost of building new universities versus the relatively low cost of expanding access to course material made available via the web, Kumar sees open educational resources as a valid way for governments to respond to the burgeoning needs of growing populations such as India. For more indepth look see the article in the Chronical of Higher Education.
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