The Virtual University

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This paper explains that distance education (DE), an educational setting wherein the student is separate from the teacher or professor in time and/or space through television as the chief medium, is the most dramatic mode of access to education, specifically higher education, as executed by mega-universities located around the world. The author points out that the digital revolution has radically reshaped educational institutions; the "factory" university provides educational services at the time, place, pace, and style chosen by the client or student. The paper concludes that, by the year 2025, the virtual school is projected to be the most important education scheme.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Review of Literature
Theoretical Framework
Methodology
Findings and Summary

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"Next only to health care, education is the second biggest civilian industry in the United States, which spends $500-700 billion every year. This means that most Americans spend on K-12, postsecondary, and education and reflects the importance opinion leaders place on education in shaping their future. Education, higher education in particular, has been available only to those in upper classes in many countries, but increased awareness of the significance of providing higher education to more people led to the development new ways of doing so. This came at a time that the computer and its countless applications came into the scene as foremost telecommunications tools in improving and expanding educational access. New educational enterprises were established and existing educational institutions reshaped by the unprecedented digital revolution that altered the way education was to be delivered from preschool through graduate school through continuing education."

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