Master of Distance Education
(MDE)
General Information & Highlights
The Master of Distance Education (MDE) is an exciting opportunity for education and training professionals to become skilled in the rapidly expanding world of distance education and e-learning. The UMUC MDE is designed to produce individuals who are capable of managing the distance education and/or e-learning enterprise within educational, business, government, and non-profit organizations. In an ever rapidly expanding field, graduates of the MDE will be prepared to engage in the planning, budgeting, development, delivery, and support of distance education and distance training programs.
Here are some unique features and benefits of the program:
General Information & Highlights
The Master of Distance Education (MDE) is an exciting opportunity for education and training professionals to become skilled in the rapidly expanding world of distance education and e-learning. The UMUC MDE is designed to produce individuals who are capable of managing the distance education and/or e-learning enterprise within educational, business, government, and non-profit organizations. In an ever rapidly expanding field, graduates of the MDE will be prepared to engage in the planning, budgeting, development, delivery, and support of distance education and distance training programs.
Here are some unique features and benefits of the program:
- Award winning program. The MDE has been recently accredited through the European Foundation for Management Development for its Technology Enhanced program. The MDE has also won Sloan-C and UCEA awards for best program.
- International partnership. This program is offered in partnership with Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg, Germany, a leading German institution with extensive experience in distance education. Oldenburg is contributing a certificate and several courses to the program, all of which earn full credit in the Master's program. This helps to ensure that the program has a broad, global perspective that is so critical for distance educators in today's world.
- Distinguished Faculty: Faculty are selected and retained on the basis of their extensive experience in the field of distance education, their teaching ability, and their educational achievements. More than 87 percent of the Graduate School faculty hold a doctorate or terminal degree. The MDE is characterized by its international faculty body, with extensive experience in distance education from different parts of the world.
- Accredited, Globally Recognized University: University of Maryland University College is recognized as one of the world's preeminent institutions of higher education for adults. It is one of the degree granting institutions in the University System of Maryland, accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
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