The Top Ten Online Universities in the World

Released on: October 16, 2008, 8:34 am

Press Release Author: Global Academy Online, Inc.

Industry: Education

Press Release Summary: Five American universities have made the top ten of the best
online universities in the world for the first time according to the 5th Edition of
the BEST WORST IN ONLINE DEGREE PROGRAMS. Each school's rating is based on the
overall online program quality of content and delivery using a five point rating
system that puts considerable emphasis on the experience of each institution's
faculty.

Press Release Body: Five American universities have made the top ten of the best
online universities in the world for the first time according to the 5th Edition of
the BEST WORST IN ONLINE DEGREE PROGRAMS. The ratings are edited by online higher
education pioneer, Professor Fred DiUlus.

DiUlus has been rating online colleges continuously since 2002. He started rating
these institutions when there were barely 20 in existence and notes the list is
growing rapidly. He states, "The popularity of online education will grow to
unimaginable proportions." He predicts the number of schools rated will double and
perhaps triple in less than two years.

"The hype that a degree from an online university somehow just does not measure up
to a degree acquired by sitting in a traditional classroom for years just doesn't
add up, offers DiUlus. " Our surveys consistently show that students who have
experienced both types of learning rate an online education as superior, or at least
equal to, that of a traditional experience by a margin of 70% of the time",

Each school's rating is based on the overall online program quality of content and
delivery using a five point rating system that puts considerable emphasis on the
experience of each institution's faculty. The top university is perennial #1, the
University of London. It is followed by what DiUlus refers to as "the granddaddy" of
US online universities and the top rated online university in the USA. Jones
International, Indiana, USF, UMass, and Regent are all new additions to the top ten
online educators list this year.

1. University of London
2. University of Phoenix
3. University of South Africa
4. University of Southern Queensland
5. Golden Gate University
6. Jones International University
7. Indiana University
8. University of South Florida
9. University of Massachusetts
10. Regent University

DiUlus says he leaves the measurement of a school's social value, research
capabilities, sports programs, student popularity, curb appeal, and latest
technology advancements to the hard core rating services that measure traditional
schools. "Window dressing", DiUlus states, "is not one of my considerations."

The BEST WORST in ONLINE DEGREE PROGRAMS is a free download from Global Academy
Online, Inc.

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Contact Details: LaFonda Oliver-Bowen
VP Communications
Global Academy Online, Inc.
1629 K Street, N.W., Suite 300
Washington DC 20036
202-580-8755
loliver@globalacademyonline.com

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