Product Description
Institutions from top universities to technical schools are taking advantage of the rich resources and opportunities of the worldwide web to offer online classes, courses, and even degree-granting programs. It has never been easier to complete your education without leaving home. But how can students determine which programs are genuine and which are scams? How can students maximize their learning experiences with the kinds of programs that are right for them, and t… More >>
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The book lists a compendium of institutions which grant online degrees.
Each school generally has an association with a national or international
consortia responsible for authenticating the degree content of member
institutions.
Examples of online engineering school programs are:
o Rochester Institute of Technology
o Colorado State University
o Arizona State University
o University of Illinois at Chicago
Examples of school programs in computers and information systems are:
o Algonquin College
o City College
o Baker College
o Champlain College
o Regis University
o NYU
o Strayer University
This book would be a good acquisition for anyone interested in attending
an online institution.
Rating: 4 / 5
The book is not comprehensive. It omits many institutions and majors. Do not recommend.
Rating: 1 / 5
This book helped me alot. It seems to think of every degree possible and let you know which programs are accredited and what to stay away from. Gives you the schools and what they offer. Also help with financial aid.
Rating: 4 / 5
This is a useful book, but a lot of improvement is needed. A table of contents would have been very helpful, or, at least, the list of colleges in the back could have been accompanied by page numbers. That was a pretty silly oversight.
More importantly, I’ve been researching about thirty business administration programs and only about a third of them are listed in this book. The programs are well-publicized on sites like http://WWW.ClassesUSA.Com and (I’m fairly certain) all accredited. The problem is that if you want answers to questions without giving the schools your home phone number, you really need a book like this. Since new programs start all the time this book is really way out-of-date even if it’s only from 2000. Still it does provide phone numbers that are often hard to find on the schools’ websites and the entries often list sample course titles and program requirements. Hopefully, an improved and updated edition is forthcoming.
Rating: 2 / 5
Hardly a “top-notch” directory, this book is disappointing in so many ways. It’s an obvious attempt to cash in on a popular topic. The information only vaguely represents what is available in distance learning today. Much of the book seems to be a “cut and paste” exercise on the few schools the authors (who obviously were sleeping at their desks during that Research 101 class) want to endorse or feel they have to include for no particular reason. Many important ground breaking schools like Excelsior College and Charter Oak are completely ignored. The authors might also be interested to know about some recent innovations in books like a “table of contents” and an “index.” Readers seem to find these helpful. My personal recommendation is Bears’ Guide to Earning Degrees by Distance Learning by John Bear. It’s been continually revised for the last 25 years and is a comprehensive guide to distance education. I expect to see this one in the outside bargain bin for 25 cents real soon!
Rating: 1 / 5