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Challenges and Strategies in Open and Distance e-Learning for Universal Access

Challenges and Strategies in Open and Distance e-Learning for Universal Access
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Author(s): Parveen Sharma (Lovely Professional University, India)and Sonia Sharma (Lovely Professional University, India)
Copyright: 2026
Pages: 34
Source title: Advancing Access, Self-Directed Learning, and Ethics in Open Distance E-Learning
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Olufemi Timothy Adigun (University of South Africa, South Africa)and Sindile Amina Ngubane (University of South Africa, South Africa)
DOI: 10.4018/979-8-2600-1443-1.ch001

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Abstract

The intensive development of the Open, Distance, and e-Learning (ODeL) field has altered the educational playing field of the vast world shift of learners outside the classrooms and into the wide world of opportunities. This chapter discusses both challenges that institutions and learners face in providing ODeL, such as technological infrastructure, digital literacy, accessibility and pedagogical adaptation. It also examines the possibilities of the ODeL ecosystem emerging technologies such as AI, VR, OERs, cloud-based learning, and mobile learning. The strategies that are effective in meeting the institutional readiness, learner engagement, inclusivity, and quality assurance are discussed to offer a roadmap of the sustainable adoption. The examination sheds some light on how ODeL has become a game changer, by closing the equity, flexibility and universal access gap, to ultimately serve as one of the pillars of education in the future of a global world.

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