List of Top Online Universities offering Online Courses through Distance Learning

Top Online Universities and Online Colleges

The ten of the very best online universities according to quality of online program and online experience are : 1. DeVry University 2. University of Phoenix 3. George Washington University 4. Strayer University 5. Walden University 6. Villanova University 7. Kaplan University 8. Ashford University 9. Axia College Online 10. Ellis College Online.

According to the author, Fred DiUlus, the CEO & Founder of Global Academy Online, Inc., the number one school, the University of London, is the best distance and online university in the world. Phoenix is the best online provider in America." He credits their success and being the largest university in North America to providing instructors who are respected and among the best scholar practitioners in higher education.

Top Universities With Free Courses Online -

1. UC Berkeley - Berkeley offers podcasts and webcasts of amazing professors lecturing. Each course has an RSS feed so you can track each new lecture.
2. MIT Open Courseware - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is ranked 7th nationally in the United States. They have notes in PDF format along with tests
3. Carnegie Mellon's Open Learning Initiative - The courses are basically ebooks in a frame-based easy to use navigation system with an occasional powerful interactive Java Applet for practice and testing.
4. Utah State OpenCourseWare
5. Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health offers health based lecture notes and assigments.

Top 10 Online Universities for earning an associate degree, bachelor's degree, or even an advanced degree such as a master's of business administration or a Ph.D.

1. University of Phoenix Online UOP Online has one of the best reputations in the world of online education. Among the most popular are business, criminal justice, education, nursing, and technology. 2. DeVry University Online - Master's degree programs are offered in areas including Technology, Business Administration, and Public Services 3. At Walden University - earn a variety of degrees in management, education, psychology, business, and health and human services. 4. Kaplan University offers a variety of programs online including criminal justice, technology and design, health care, and paralegal studies. 5. Westwood College Online You can custom design your own degree at Westwood College Online. Westwood College Online offers you the opportunity to study in a number of fields including business, technology, design, and criminal justice. 6. AIU Online The programs AIU offers include information technology, visual communications, criminal justice, and business administration. 7. University Alliance Online You can take courses to earn degrees in fields such as accounting, business, human resources, criminal justice, nursing, technology, and project management. 8. Colorado Tech Online Among the many degrees you may earn at Colorado Tech Online are the master's of business administration, as well as degrees in information security management, information technology management, project management, and criminal justice. 9. Ellis College Online you can earn degrees in fields as various as math and physics, business, human resources, and technology, just to name a few. 10. Kennedy Western University you can earn a bachelor's degree, or advanced degrees including doctoral degrees in a variety of fields, including criminal justice, technology, business, and health.

JIU is One of the First American Online Universities to Be Included on Exclusive Global List --(Business Wire)-- Jones International University(R) (JIU(R)), is one of five American universities that have made the top ten list for the first time in the 5th Edition of THE BEST & WORST IN ONLINE DEGREE PROGRAMS August 2008 publication. Jones International University, the first fully online accredited(1) university in the United States is one of the first American online institution to join other world recognized leaders in online education, including the University of London and University of Southern Queensland to name a few.