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The purpose of this chapter is to promote discussion around issues regarding the role of international cooperation in the promotion of open and distance learning for the purpose of training adult educators. These issues include: the role of open and distance learning in adult education; the developments in adult education that affect the training of adult educators; the relevance of these issues not only to adult education but to basic education as a whole; the concept of the learning society; and the role of international policy discourse and collaboration. The chapter suggests that the fundamental challenge is to place open and distance learning efforts within the wider context of lifelong learning, which in turn requires further understanding of the nature of learning within the social, economic, cultural and political contexts and the essential learning rights of all children, young people and adults. It is concluded that there is a great need to engage in specific work around the contribution that open and distance learning can make as well as a need to keep policy discourses ongoing around basic education and lifelong learning.