Distance learning in other countries

When searching the inet i was amazined as to how many links there were about this subject. It seems that distance learning really is popular. I am not neccesarily focussing on one country in particular, however i came across a website that allows distance learning throughout the world and seems to have at least 1 distance learner in most countries. This website is the Edinborough Business school - http://www.ebsglobal.net/who-we-are/about-ebs.

They state 'This is your MBA. Not ours. That means you can start when you like, and finish when you like.' Therefore the students can study when they wish to and take their exams when they wish to, which woud benifit people who are already working in another job, but also for companies wanting to educate their employee's. In addition, the programme allows it to accessable gloabally because the courses are also available in many different languages. Students who decide to take up distance learning will benefit from:

• Comprehensive course text.
  
• Interactive course website.
  
• Web access to Faculty.
  
• Full use of the EBS Student Services website.
  
• Optional contact with fellow students.

In addition, the business school also offers the distance learners approved learning partners, or ALP's. These 'partners in the network may be public-sector institutions, or they may be executive development centres catering for business professionals'

However, although this type of distance learning does seem to be quite proffesional i do not think that it is a modern way of distance learning. When learning how the company in Africa had taken on the idea of a cop to learn, it seems that this business school is lacking the modern technology and the 'modern way of leanring'. Even though it seems to be very successful do you think that it needs to modernise their way of distance learning? It mentions there is an'Optional contact with fellow students', well when i have an issue i get in contact with my peers and discuss our ideas, which i find affective. What is their isn't a APL in a students country and no contact with fellow students? How can that be effective?