| This paper deals with the question: Why is the | | | | critical task that lies ahead is to create and |
| shift toward online education happening? This is a | | | | disseminate curricula of high quality that students |
| complex issue that involves questions of | | | | can embrace and educators can sustain. For more |
| educational access, paradigms for teaching and | | | | details visit to .The overall objective of |
| learning, competition and globalization among | | | | Joséâs Online Education Forum is to |
| universities, the development of new and better | | | | examine the realities of college and university |
| online technologies, and the financial pressures | | | | online teaching, and the processes of education |
| facing higher education. A huge transition is | | | | using today's information technologies. Collectively, |
| underway. The same networking and computing | | | | the authors of this paper have taught over a |
| technology that has revolutionized global | | | | hundred different university-level courses online, |
| commerce, and many other facets of modern | | | | both graduate and undergraduate, mostly using |
| life, is now being targeted at education. Partnering | | | | the Internet. The issues and insights discussed in |
| the Internet with modern course management | | | | this Forum will provide educators with important |
| systems makes it possible for universities to | | | | tools and the understanding needed to effectively |
| offer online coursework on a global basis. The | | | | embrace the world of online education. |