Open University of West Africa
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About Open University of West Africa
According to Wikipedia, Open University of West Africa was founded in Ghana in November 2011 by John Roberts and Patrick Steele. With the goal to break the poverty cycle in West Africa through online education, John Roberts and his co-founder were inspired by a simple but contradictory observation: at the moment, higher education penetration in Africa was very low, many of the best universities around the world were beginning to put their courses online through platforms like Coursera, edX, Udacity etc.
What Is Open University of West Africa Known For?
Open University of West Africa is known for its academic work in the following disciplines:
Open University of West Africa's Top Areas of Influence With Degrees Offered
Each rank compares how much Open University of West Africa's faculty and alumni have shaped a field with other schools, using Wikipedia, Wikidata and scholarly citation databases such as Crossref and Semantic Scholar. World and U.S. ranks reflect modern influence; the historical rank counts influence across all time. How we rank influence
Open University of West Africa ranks #16492 worldwide for influence in Education.
Open University of West Africa ranks #15054 worldwide for influence in Business.
Open University of West Africa ranks #11663 worldwide for influence in Computer Science.
computer-science DegreesOpen University of West Africa ranks #12694 worldwide for influence in Biology.
biology DegreesOpen University of West Africa ranks #14693 worldwide for influence in Communications.
communications DegreesOpen University of West Africa ranks #16242 worldwide for influence in Political Science.
Open University of West Africa ranks #16557 worldwide for influence in History.
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