New Book Gives Guidance For Starting an Online School

“Guidance, and experience in starting online courses or programs are the two most difficult things to find.” That is according to Dr. D. Kent Mulford, MBA whose new book, Online Education: 6 Steps to Starting an Online School, is scheduled for publication this November. The new book provides a straight forward, stepwise guide to starting an online school and will be released by BookSurge Publishing, a subsidiary of Amazon.com.

Atlanta, MO (PRWEB) November 1, 2005 -- “Guidance, and experience in starting online courses or programs are the two most difficult things to find.” That is according to Dr. D. Kent Mulford, MBA whose new book, Online Education: 6 Steps to Starting an Online School, is scheduled for publication this November. The new book provides a straight forward, stepwise guide to starting an online school and will be released by BookSurge Publishing, a subsidiary of Amazon.com.

Many schools have recognized that they can reach a new market and also better serve current students by going online. However, the lack of guidance and experience affects the smaller schools, leaving them out of the distance education market.

“My book provides the essential steps required to go online and be successful both academically and financially.” said Dr. Mulford. “My book gives these schools the guidance they need to get online and does it in a step-wise logical way. After reading my book, schools of any size can successfully implement an online course, develop an online program or start an online school.”

Dr. Mulford’s book focuses on the planning, designing, and implementing processes involved in online education and does it utilizing six fundamental steps:

1. Curriculum Development
2. Course Development
3. Faculty Recruitment & Training
4. Student Recruitment & Orientation
5. Administrative Support
6. Software Selection & Implementation.

These six steps are integrated through the Just-in-Time process that was originally pioneered in the manufacturing industry. Advance planning, assembling the resources, and bringing everything together just-in-time was Dr. Mulford’s secret to his success at the school in which he was the founding dean.

Dr. Mulford started his successful school in 1999 with no programs, no courses, no faculty, and no students. By early 2005, the school was profitable and had three graduate degrees, six graduate degree concentrations, four graduate certificates, forty faculty members, and over 430 U.S. and International students taking courses all online. This success was a result of specific, logical and cost effective processes of planning and design followed by an implementation structured to garner the very most from the resources available.

Online Education: 6 Steps to Starting an Online School, by Dr. D. Kent Mulford, MBA, can be found at Amazon.com or by contacting Dr. Mulford directly through his website, www.eInstructors.com.

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