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Online Education: Worldwide Status, Challenges, Trends, and Implications

Online Education: Worldwide Status, Challenges, Trends, and Implications Online education in its various modes has been growing steadily worldwide due to the confluence of new technologies, global adoption of the Internet, and intensifying demand for a workforce trained periodically for the ever-evolving digital economy. Online education is on track to become mainstream by 2025. This editorial documents country-level factors that impact quantity and quality of online education. Such factors include industry (business); governments at local, state, and federal levels; country laws; ICT capacity; Internet/mobile technology diffusion; and income and digital divide. We provide implications for country and world organizations concerning online education. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Global Information Technology Management Taylor & Francis

Online Education: Worldwide Status, Challenges, Trends, and Implications

Online Education: Worldwide Status, Challenges, Trends, and Implications

Journal of Global Information Technology Management , Volume 21 (4): 9 – Oct 2, 2018

Abstract

Online education in its various modes has been growing steadily worldwide due to the confluence of new technologies, global adoption of the Internet, and intensifying demand for a workforce trained periodically for the ever-evolving digital economy. Online education is on track to become mainstream by 2025. This editorial documents country-level factors that impact quantity and quality of online education. Such factors include industry (business); governments at local, state, and federal levels; country laws; ICT capacity; Internet/mobile technology diffusion; and income and digital divide. We provide implications for country and world organizations concerning online education.

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Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Copyright
© 2018 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC
ISSN
2333-6846
eISSN
1097-198X
DOI
10.1080/1097198X.2018.1542262
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Abstract

Online education in its various modes has been growing steadily worldwide due to the confluence of new technologies, global adoption of the Internet, and intensifying demand for a workforce trained periodically for the ever-evolving digital economy. Online education is on track to become mainstream by 2025. This editorial documents country-level factors that impact quantity and quality of online education. Such factors include industry (business); governments at local, state, and federal levels; country laws; ICT capacity; Internet/mobile technology diffusion; and income and digital divide. We provide implications for country and world organizations concerning online education.

Journal

Journal of Global Information Technology ManagementTaylor & Francis

Published: Oct 2, 2018

Keywords: Online education; distance education; flipped/blended education; correspondence courses; synchronous/asynchronous learning; learning management systems; MOOCs

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