Introduced by the military regime of Myanmar (aka Burma) more than 50 years ago, distance learning aimed to alleviate university overcrowding and allow students from remote areas to earn a graduate degree for a reduced tuition. The Myanmar experience is not unique. Egypt, too, has for decades...

We study peer effects in online training participation using unique data from a large-scale online teacher training program. The platform data allow us to observe the accurate duration of attendance for every individual-lecture pair. We classify peer groups as close peers, local peers, and...

We evaluate the effects of an online self-assessment tool on teachers' competencies and beliefs about ICT in education. The causal impact of the tool is evaluated through a randomized encouragement design, involving 7,391 lower secondary teachers across 11 European countries. Short-run impact...