Dubai’s leading destination of higher education and a member of TECOM Investments, Dubai International Academic City (DIAC), announced its capabilities to capitalize on the copious growth of online education the region is witnessing at present.

Dubai International Academic City DIAC provides a wide range of online education programs through some of the most prestigious universities in the world such as University of Phoenix, US; Manchester Business School, US; The University of Exeter, UK; JSS Mahavidyapeetha, India and Universities 21 Global, Singapore.

The eLearning division at Sify Technologies Limited (NASDAQ National Markets: SIFY has won the popular Brandon Hall Award for the third consecutive year. Sify Technologies Limited is a leader in Consumer Internet and Enterprise Services in India having global delivery capabilities. The organization’s entry, a 3D online training program created using Second Life has bagged the Gold award in the category- ‘Best Use of Virtual Worlds for Learning’.

Jamia Millia Islamia offer distance learning facilities through its Arjun Singh Centre for Distance and Open Learning (C.D.O.L.). This center was set up in the year 2002 with the objective of joining the Open Learning System in order to offer opportunities for higher education to students who otherwise are unable to pursue the conventional system of learning.

At present the center offers distance learning in B.Ed and Diploma in Power Generation Engineering. There are more study programs to be launched in the future: Some of the proposed distance learning programs at C.D.O.L include:

• Ph. D. (Education)
• M. Phil. (Education)
• M.Ed.
• M.A. (Hindi)
• M.A. (English)
• B. Com.
• Three year L.L.B. Course

Good news for all MBA aspirants who wish to pursue correspondence courses in management. With so many institutes now offering distance learning MBA programs, you no longer have to worry about how you can keep your current job and fulfill your MBA dreams. Now you have the option of continuing with a job while you pursue an MBA course. Here are some institutes offering MBA through Distance Learning:

• Indian Institute of Commerce and Trade (IICT), Lucknow
• The ICFAI Centre for Distance Education
• Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai
• Indira Gandhi National Open University
• Annamalai University, Directorate of Distance Education

Institute of Distance Education under the University of Madras offers Courses in Regular as well as Open Streams in the distance education mode. The institute offer Academic Year courses, which extend from July/August to April/May and Calendar Year courses, which are between the months of January and December of every year.

Students in India who wish to complete their higher education through distance learning can enroll at this institute at the Chepauk Campus of University of Madras or at several spot admission centres spread all over the Country.

The Institute of Distance Education under the University of Mumbai offer distance learning courses under four disciplines. These include Arts, Commerce, Science and Technology.

The University of Mumbai felt the need to impart education to students who are removed in space and / or time from conventional means of education due to economic or social constraints. Hence the university established the Directorate of Correspondence Courses in 1971-72. In 1993, the Directorate of Distance Education was renamed as ‘Institute of Distance Education’.

Indira Gandhi National Open University or IGNOU conducts various distance learning programs for the students to join. Students can pursue their undergraduate and postgraduate degree in various subjects from the Open University. Students are provided with the study materials and weekend classes are also conducted for the betterment of the students. Submission of assignments is also a major part of the course. Examinations are conducted twice in a year. For more information you can visit http://www.indiaedu.com/universities/open-universities/indira-gandhi-national-open-university.html.

Are you looking for distance learning courses in Mass Communication? Here I can suggest you some names of the famous universities offering distance learning programs in the field of Mass Communication. Below I have mentioned a few names of the universities offering distance education in Mass Communication.
• Acharya Nagarjuna University
• Bharathidasan University
• Alagappa University
• Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya
• Dr. Harisingh Gour University
• H.P. University
• Guru Jambheshwar University
• Kurukshetra University
• KOTA Open University
• Nalanda Open University
• Madurai Kamaraj University
• Punjabi University

To know more about these universities, you can browse through the links provided below-
http://www.anucde.com/default.asp
http://www.alagappauniversity.ac.in/result1/DistanceEducation.asp
http://www.bdu.ac.in/
http://www.bubhopal.nic.in/odl.htm
http://www.sagaruniversity.nic.in/services/dis_home.htm
www.gju.ernet.in/
http://hpuniv.nic.in/icdeol.htm
www.koukota.com
http://kukinfo.com/
http://www.indiaedu.com/distance-learning/india/courses/index.html

National Law School of India University offers distance educational programs by introducing Master of Business Laws Degree. It is a new and promising career option. It is a two year degree course covering some major subjects like Contract Law, Banking Law, Industrial Relations Law, Corporate Law, Environmental Law, Insurance Laws, Investment Laws, Intellectual Property law, Law relating to Foreign Trade, and Taxation of Corporations. Each theory paper carries total 50 marks and the total course fee is around thirteen thousand If you want to know more about this course you can directly contact the university with the given contact details-

Phone: 080 - 3213160
Email: mbl@nls.ac.in
Website: www.nls.ac.in/

Or, you can also browse through the links given below-

http://www.nls.ac.in/academic_programmes_distance_education.html
http://www.indiaedu.com/distance-learning/india/courses/pg-courses/index.html

There are several Indian educational institutions that offer distance learning programs on Human Resource Management. Some of the famous institutes that offer distance education on Human Resource Management include-

• Anna University
• Andhra University
• Annamalai University
• Karnataka State Open University
• Bharathiar University
• IMT Distance and Open Learning Institute
• Amity School of Distance Learning
• The ICFAI University
• Kurukshetra University
• Pondicherry University
• Utkal University
• Tamil Nadu Open University

To know more about these universities, you can browse through the links given below-

http://www.indiaedu.com/distance-learning/india/index.html

http://www.indiaedu.com/distance-learning/india/courses/pg-courses/master-human-resource.html