Table of Contents
LIST OF TABLES............................................................................................................................................. 11
LIST OF CASE STUDIES ................................................................................................................................ 11
CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................... 12
T
HE
CISAER P
ROJECT
.................................................................................................................................... 12
A
DDITIONAL
O
NLINE
C
ATALOGUES
................................................................................................................. 13
R
ECOMMENDED
B
OOKS
................................................................................................................................... 13
CHAPTER 2. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY ................................................................... 14
D
ATA
C
OLLECTION
.......................................................................................................................................... 14
Northern, Central, and Eastern Europe..................................................................................................... 14
North America and UK .............................................................................................................................. 16
Asia, Australia, and Africa......................................................................................................................... 16
South America and Southern Europe......................................................................................................... 17
I
NSTRUMENTATION
.......................................................................................................................................... 18
L
IMITATIONS
.................................................................................................................................................... 20
CHAPTER 3. GLOBAL ISSUES IN ONLINE EDUCATION...................................................................... 22
G
EOGRAPHIC
D
ISTRIBUTION OF
I
NSTITUTIONS
................................................................................................. 22
A
FRICA
............................................................................................................................................................ 24
A
SIA
................................................................................................................................................................ 25
A
USTRALIA AND
O
CEANIA
............................................................................................................................... 28
E
UROPE
........................................................................................................................................................... 31
N
ORTH
A
MERICA
............................................................................................................................................. 36
L
ATIN
A
MERICA
.............................................................................................................................................. 40
G
LOBALIZATION
.............................................................................................................................................. 43
C
OMPETITIVENESS
........................................................................................................................................... 49
CHAPTER 4. INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES IN ONLINE EDUCATION ....................................................... 51
N
UMBER OF
O
NLINE
C
OURSES
P
ER
I
NSTITUTION
............................................................................................. 51
N
UMBER OF
O
NLINE
S
TUDENTS
P
ER
I
NSTITUTION
........................................................................................... 53
S
UBJECT
A
REAS
.............................................................................................................................................. 55
Institutions that Offer a Broad Range of Subjects ..................................................................................... 57
C
ATEGORIES OF
I
NSTITUTIONS THAT
O
FFER
O
NLINE
C
OURSES
........................................................................ 60
Virtual and Online Universities ................................................................................................................. 61
Universities ................................................................................................................................................ 62
University Departments or Centers............................................................................................................ 64
Colleges ..................................................................................................................................................... 66
Open and Distance Teaching Universities................................................................................................. 68
Distance Education Institutions ................................................................................................................. 70
Consortia ................................................................................................................................................... 74
Companies or Corporations....................................................................................................................... 76
Secondary Education Institutions .............................................................................................................. 78
Organizations and Associations................................................................................................................. 81
Undefined Category of Institutions ............................................................................................................ 82
CHAPTER 5. ADMINISTRATIVE ISSUES IN ONLINE EDUCATION ................................................... 84
N
O
W
EB
BASED
A
DMINISTRATION
.................................................................................................................. 84
C
OLLABORATION OR
O
UTSOURCING
................................................................................................................ 85
I
N
HOUSE
D
EVELOPMENT
................................................................................................................................ 85
S
TANDARD
A
DMINISTRATIVE
S
YSTEMS
........................................................................................................... 87
CHAPTER 6. ADVERTISING AND FINANCIAL ISSUES ......................................................................... 91
A
DVERTISING
.................................................................................................................................................. 91
E
XTERNAL
F
UNDING
........................................................................................................................................ 92
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