There are an abundance of Distance Learning programs being initiated and managed, even in some of the world’s most destitute countries.

Distance Learning: correspondence courses, radio, television, telephone, Internet, telecenters, CDROM and satellite broad-casting.

http://www.phoenix.edu/colleges_divisions/global/regional-support/latin-america.html In South America, about 25% of the population uses the Internet. Challenges to Internet growth include poor fixed-line infrastructure, low PC penetration, and widespread poverty.