Financial Times: Business schools in developing markets value traditional teaching

In one of Africa’s fast-growing and congested cities, online business education is on the rise. Lagos Business School is among a number of universities in lower and middle-income countries that are using technology to attract students who are unable or unwilling to attend university full-time. Online education allows people to learn at their own pace and study from wherever they are — whether on business trips, in the office or working from home to avoid wasting hours in traffic to make it to a campus. It also allows them to connect in new ways with universities’ resources. They can watch lectures live or catch up on pre-recorded sessions, and take part in discussions with classmates who are based all over the world.

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