NEW EDUCATIONAL MODELS: UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM, TELEUNIVERSITY, VIRTUAL UNIVERSITY (THE AUSTRALIA AND USA EXPERIENCE)

The article discusses the activities of new institutional models of university education, such as: a consortium of universities, teleuniversities and a virtual university, which are commercial enterprises that provide communication and administrative services for the provision of training courses developed by traditional universities included in the consortium, for distance learning based on a variety of educational institutions and technologies. The experience of university distance education accumulated in Australia (OLA), the activities of the US National University of Technology (NTU) and the CASO Internet University are summarized.