Universities, colleges and distance learning: objectives, strategies and surmounting the barriers

September 28, 2017

The paper first covers briefly the changes that are taking place in the university sector. It then identifies a set of potential objectives and discusses the possible strategies, one of which is distance learning, that a university could introduce to meet its objectives. It then proceeds to identify the external and internal barriers to entry to the distance learning market, and covers in detail issues around internal barriers and strategies for dealing with them. It concludes by emphasising that it is the internal rather than the external barriers that a university can influence and overcome, thus significantly increasing the chances of a successful entry into the distance learning market.

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