Online learning education news

[UMNS-ALL-NEWS] UMNS# 300-Distance learning makes education more available worldwide (Worldwide Faith News)
Distance learning makes education more available worldwide Jul. 18, 2008 News media contact: Linda Green * (615) 7425470* Nashville {300} NOTE: A photograph is available at http://umns.umc.org >A UMNS Report By Vicki Brown* Online classes for local pastors in the United States, theology classes in Europe, and a master's in business program in Mozambique are under way or will be by September.

UC Irvine Extension Partners with Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) of Brazil to Offer Free Online Courses in Portuguese (Centre Daily Times)
UC Irvine Extension, the continuing education arm of the University of California, Irvine, is pleased to announce a joint educational venture with the Fundacao Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV). Through the partnership, FGV - a nonprofit higher education institution and the largest provider of online education in Brazil - has created free online courses, presented in Portuguese, as part of the UC ...

American Public Education Announces Webcast of Second Quarter 2008 Financial Results (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CHARLES TOWN, W. Va.----American Public Education, Inc. - parent company of online learning provider American Public University System, which operates through American Military University and American Public University - plans to release second quarter 2008 results after the close of U.S. financial markets on August 12, 2008.

Students flock to online classes, easing transportation costs (The Washington Examiner)
Online classes are gaining popularity at area schools as students and officials realize that time at a home computer offers flexibility without costing upward of $4 per gallon.

UC Irvine Extension Partners with Fundacao Getulio Vargas (FGV) of Brazil to Offer Free Online Courses in Portuguese (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
IRVINE, Calif. & SAO PAULO, Brazil----UC Irvine Extension, the continuing education arm of the University of California, Irvine, is pleased to announce a joint educational venture with the Fundacao Getulio Vargas Foundation .