The increasing use of communication and information technologies is resulting in a significant change throughout learning communities around the world. Through the rise of the virtual university, coupled with new and innovative methods of course delivery on and off campus, professionals in higher education are faced with a range of new opportunities approaching university teaching. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the Open University of United Kingdom (OUUK) education model, in the MBA course, the process and the effects of developing educational technologies, to compare these ideas with the traditional education system. OUUK' s long distance education experience of more than thirty years, associated to a high level of academic excellence for a impressive number of students has served as a model to institutions all over the world, which intend to use this kind of education.
Distance training; educational technologies; higher education; models for long distance education; information technology
