Online Education: Worldwide Status, Challenges, Trends, and Implications
Дистанционное образование: мировое состояние, проблемы, тенденции и последствия
2018-10-02
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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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Country-level factors—industry, government (local, state, federal), laws, ICT capacity, Internet/mobile diffusion, and income/digital divide—impact the quantity and quality of online education.
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Implications are provided for country and international organizations to address these factors and guide online education development.
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Online education is growing steadily worldwide driven by new technologies, Internet adoption, and demand for a periodically trained workforce.
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Online education is projected to become mainstream by 2025.
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Online education worldwide
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Country-level factors affecting the quantity and quality of online education and their implications for national and international organizations
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