Global Distance Education

Global Distance Education
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Education is classified as one of the needs in human beings. However, people may be gifted differently and therefore others may end up in school whereas others may find themselves perfecting on their talents. As the world is evolving and the demand for education is increasing every day, the number of students in the institutions is also increasing at a higher rate. Interestingly, people seek for education in order to gain and expand knowledge on a certain field that they may be interested in. therefore; institutions will offer different faculties especially in the college and university levels in order to provide students with a wide range of curses where they can choose. It is also believed that through education, one can bring changes to the world. Distance education is becoming common in the world of today as many individuals go to school and at the same time working to sustain their lives in the harsh economies. Additionally, the e- learning is common in the work places where employees enroll for education in order to improve on their skills and as a result they can be promoted as well. Despite, many people preferring to attend classes in school, other prefer e-learning since they can learn from the comfort of their living room. This argument is grounded on the scope of distance education, the key elements, concerns and issues on globalization of distance education.
The Extent of Global education
The extent of global education can be measured in terms of the number of students enrolling for the program in institutions across the world. The number has been increasing in the recent years as the program has proved to be effective in providing education to the students in need. For instance, in the case of the U.S. the program has been very effective as institutions are wholly embracing the program and students are also increasingly enrolling for the same (Barak, 2012). The numbers of institutions are also coming up due to the cheap cost in labor personnel that are required to conduct the studies online. This is because, one tutor can manage a high number of students due to non limitations of space provided that the systems used in providing the program are strong in order to enable everyone from every corner of the region to access the education program. Global distance learning has also led to the demand of ICT which is highly recommended to man up the systems in order to allow easy use by the students at any given time of the day (Barak, 2012).
Elements of Globalization of Distance Education
Education falls among the mutual benefits that countries get from each other through their interactions. Distance learning before required that the student should travel to the institution which at times limited many people who were constrained by funds. In this regard the introduction of online distance learning aims at bringing education to a closer range of the students (Barak, 2012). One of the fundamental of globalization in distance learning is access and being conversant to technology. This is because learning from a far distance requires one to learn some basics in technology in order to be able to access the notes and tutorials and also to a...