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The MERLOT African Network (MAN) is a network of partnerships between African and US educational institutions affiliated with the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT) and leading global eLearning providers with educational programs targeting Sub-Saharan Africa.

MAN's goal is to facilitate communities of eLearning expertise and capacity building for open education, scholarship, and development in Africa. The organization has the following five strategic Objectives: 

Build  strong networked partnerships between African, US educational  institutions and global eLearning providers that will result in joint  education, research and development programs in Sub-Saharan Africa.Extend the MERLOT Community of Practice to immediately serve the goals of providing access and quality  eLearning resources and communities of eLearning expertise in Africa.

Build African expertise in the successful use and  development of Open Education Resources (OER) and Open Access (OA)  to support scalable eLearning curricula and scholarship.

Conduct  educational research to guide the effective and sustainable  pedagogical integration of OER and OA in eLearning design and research.

Organize expert meetings for sharing best practices, and social networking to improve the  productivity and leadership of collaborative projects among members

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