Copyright
Richard HellerPublished On
2026-05-05Language
- English
Print Length
8 pagesTHEMA
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- JNM
- UYQ
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BISAC
- EDU015000
- EDU040000
- EDU016000
- EDU032000
- COM004000
Keywords
- Distributed education
- Online learning
- Knowledge equity
- Digital technology
- University transformation
- Open access
4. Best practice in online education
Online education is key to the equitable distribution of knowledge, removing geographical and other barriers—hence broadening access to higher education and diversifying the student population. If the majority of education is to take place online, it is important that it is governed by best practice, and the chapter outlines ways to ensure this.
Contributors
Richard F. Heller
(author)Richard Heller, Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Newcastle, Australia and of Public Health, University of Manchester, UK, has a medical degree and doctorate from the University of London, United Kingdom. He was Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Community Medicine at the University of Newcastle, Australia and Professor of Public Health at the University of Manchester, United Kingdom. Richard was also the founder and coordinator of the People’s Open Access Education Initiative (https://www.peoples-uni.org/), which aimed to provide Public Health capacity building in developing countries at low cost, through e-learning using open access resources on the internet, and leading to an MPH degree. Recent work has been in conjunction with the West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) to develop Diamond Open Access initiatives for public health in Africa. He authored Distributed University for Sustainable Higher Education and was co-editor of Stories of Hope:- Reimagining Education, https://www.openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647/obp.0462