Brics and clicks - Mary Bold, Lillian Chenoweth, Nirisha K.Garimella
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Abstract
Projections for the global economy frequently center on the BRIC countries: Brazil, Russia, India, and
China. As futurists and economists alike define and re-define both formal and informal coalitions (for
example, by broadening the R in BRIC to include all Eastern European economies or instead re-directing
the discussion to G-8 countries or to World Trade Organization members), the education profiles of the
individual nations sometimes resemble economic indicators: what is imported, what is exported, and what
is the potential for expansion. Higher education, and specifically distance learning (the Clicks element of
this paper), can already be charted in these terms for some nations. This paper describes the current role
of distance learning in countries described as growing economies and proposes a typology for describing
change as additional data become available. The paper informs readers of global developments in distance
education, using the BRIC nations as examples.
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Keywords
cross-border education, globalization, BRIC, GATS, internationalization, distance learning, access, right to education
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