A brief survey of African society and its cultural, educational, and political directions after centuries of colonialism.

In 2009, Stephen Downes and David Wiley sat down for a day long conversation about the current and future state of open education. This book, a lightly edited transcription of that conversation, covers topics including providing, supporting and producing OERs; education, learning and licensing; institutions, accreditation and commercialism; and what's next? Why bother with open education?