[Oer-community] Joint work in Development of Materials in Distance Education

[Dr.N.BALASUBRAMANIAN Narayanaswamy]

Dear Mary Lou Forward,

          Greetings. Thank you for your mail which states that the contents on 
MIT OCW will continue to be free and available online.  It is also heartening to 
note that MIT is constantly exploring new educational opportunities.  It is 
equally impressive to note that MIT has no plans to charge for access to MIT OCW 
content.

          Really, it is a boon to the developing countries which are aiming to 
enhance the enrolment in Higher Education.  It is very sure that the study 
materials meant for the distance mode students in developing countries could be 
prepared availing MIT OCW contents as they are licence free.  Collaborative work 
could be taken up jointly by the Universities in developing countries and MIT in 
developing the e-learning materials supported with multimedia in the 
 preparation of study materials for distance learners particularly in developing 
countries.  It is believed that Open and Distance Education could be a good help 
in enhancing the enrolment in Higher Education in developing countries.
Academics like me in the developing countries are awaiting your guidance in how 
to go ahead with in the envisaged direction.

Thanking you,

Sincerely yours,
Dr.N.BALASUBRAMANIAN
Prof. and Head
Dept. of Education
School of Distance Education
Bharathiar University
COIMBATORE 641 046
Taml Nadu, INDIA.