By Sidney Van Wyk, the Washington Times
Seeking to bring more order to the exploding world of online college course work, state education officials and leading educational organizations Thursday released a proposal designed to speed up the expansion of “distance learning” while offering greater consumer protections for students. The voluntary national plan would set a baseline of regulations for the quality of online classes among the states, as well as create a complaint system for distance learners from outside of the state where the institution offering the class is located. The report containing the proposed compact was released by the Commission on the Regulation of Postsecondary Distance Education, with a diverse group of leaders within the postsecondary education community, including Richard Riley, who was education secretary under President Clinton.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/11/panel-wants-to-end-confusion-over-online-learning-/
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