The Impact of Globalization on Distance Education
Abstract
Globalization is one of the hottest issues that the world at the moment is entertaining. It is now common to come across discussions
about issues related to the merits and demerits of globalization in many international, regional and local economic, social and political meetings. Its
sphere of influence has also expanded to cover many of the sectors of development in the world. This paper intends to focus on one of the sectors
of development, i.e. distance education, and explores the extent of the impacts of globalization on distance education. To this effect, the paper
reviews the trend of globalization as well as the growth and spread of distance education, identifies the strategies used to globalize distance
education, highlights the positive and negative impacts of globalization on distance education and ends by suggesting possible strategies of
interventions.
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