Praise for The World Is Open "In this epic effort, Dr. Bonk takes the technologies, the concepts, the future and even the past of distance education and synthesizes it into a comprehensible landscape. He gives us a window from which we can see it all. Masterful!" — Glenn R. Jones , chancellor, Jones International University "Network technology has proven to be a great social leveler and on–ramp to learning for all of the world?s citizens. As technology continues to mature, the opportunity for students and educators to harness it to collaborate, learn, and educate will grow exponentially as well. This book captures the true potential of technology and open and shared content to eliminate the educational divide. For this reason, The World Is Open is required reading for all participants in the world?s ongoing, technology–led education revolution." — Scott McNealy , chairman and co–founder, Sun Microsystems and founder, Curriki.org "Curtis...