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A 20 page overview covering background and socio-economic issues surrouding students, faculty, institutions, virtual university corporations and a smattering of the viewpoint from international educators. Includes humor, in quotes, and the viewpoint from a professor that probably shocked the educational establishment. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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may not offer accredited courses, and while students, the general public and corporations want them, faculty and existing universities are struggling with the reality. For some universities and staff,
the answers reside in a combined experience incorporating class work and virtual coursework, requiring on-campus testing, lab work, and student-professor interaction. As it turns out, this is the way
existing accredited virtual university programs operate. What proponents of virtual university want is accreditation. What opponents want is the status
quo. But there are many people standing in the middle who see what David McArthur, an analyst at RAND Corp sees. "Online education is one of the most
important tools higher education will have in the next decade to help solve its problems," he says, referring to a predicted enrollment surge at institutions in the next few years.
"Schools will need to be able to educate many more people than they now can, and less expensively. Right now, most online courses arent that good," he adds. "But
they are improving quickly, and theyll be needed badly" (Archibold A-1) 1. Technical and Sociological Advancements "Open" and "distance" universities, commonly
known as correspondence courses in the United States, were first introduced in Britain in the 1860s. They gained a strong foothold in Kenya, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe as the
least expensive means of educating people located far from physical educational institutions. They became popular among people who worked an 8-hour shift, and soon spread worldwide.
The greatest leap in technology for correspondence courses for the general public did not come until the advent of multimedia CD-ROM programs. These multimedia products
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