Online higher education is increasingly hailed as a chance for educators in the developed world to expand access and quality across the globe

enroll in online courses. The African Virtual University was created based on work the World Bank began in 1995 to provide education in sub-Saharan African. It now supplies coursework

you can start the course immediately

Participants in this course will examine social, economic, and political determinants of health; the evolution of various systems around the world; key health policies and priorities; models of providing health care and insurance; and systems of remuneration, financing, planning, manpower, education, and training. You will review the major determinants of health status; international development and social change around the world and reflect on how these issues and trends apply to our own health care system and society.

Talk about giving the people what they want. It’s been compared to the introduction of self-serve in grocery stores in the 70’s and 80’s whereby a digitally-accessible education sees people picking and choosing their own learning rather than waiting for a ‘grocer’ to assemble it for them.

developing countries where university-level education is not universally accessible, it means something even more – being able to study at all, and world-class courses at that. AfterSchoolAfrica.com has a good summary here if you need a quick overview of the history of MOOCs so far by the way.

Once flexible and even user-generated learning content embedded in MOOC’s