Issues and challenges to the right to education in the digital age 2016, para. 30
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Massive open online courses provide an alternative path to higher education. Many universities worldwide are now offering online courses, either alone or in conjunction with a massive open online course provider. Many enthusiastic promoters of knowledge societies, networking and lifelong learning can dream today of a world converted into a giant classroom in which there are a few powerful global teachers and millions of assimilators of information and knowledge packages through the Internet. Similarly, open educational resources can harness the new possibility afforded by digital technology to address common educational challenges. As a result, the landscape of higher education is undergoing rapid transformations.
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Non-negotiated soft law
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Special Rapporteur on the right to education
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Special Procedures' report
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Education
Equality & Inclusion
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All
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2016
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Other
Reference
SR Education, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/32/37, para. 30.