Maybe you want to earn a credential or to pursue a special interest. You point your browser to your favorite Web search engine and see what on-line education has to offer. With one click, you have entered a cyber-hypermarket where the offerings have mushroomed. But what?s good? And what?s not? If you?re looking for quality, what are you looking for?

These questions are serious issues for both consumers and creators of on-line education and especially pressing concerns for Lynne McNamara, the Director of Program Development, Asia, for the University of Maryland University College, an institution that calls itself the leading online university globally. In her presentation to SWET, McNamara will explore these concerns with a special focus of international consumers: students residing in one country who seek to take advantage of online offerings from institutions based somewhere else.

It could be us, here in Japan. It could be someone elsewhere, looking at a course that you have created. It?s a whole wide world out there and a fascinating perspective on it. Don?t miss this opportunity to participate in a guided tour by one of the pioneers.