This book is open access and discusses the re-imagining of the higher education sector. It
exposes problems that relate to the way that universities have become over-managed business
enterprises which may not reflect societal national or global educational needs. From there
it proposes some solutions including three innovative programs that make universities more
responsive to needs as well as reduce their impact on the environment. The central idea of
this book is developing the 'Distributed University ' which distributes education to where it
is needed reducing local and global inequalities in access and emphasizing local relevance in
place of large centralized campuses with a low impact on the environment. It emphasizes the
distribution of trust in place of managerialism and collaboration in place of competition. By
focusing on distributing education online this book discusses how the higher education sector
can be set up to adapt to the changes in the ways we work and learn today and which will be
required to adapt to and take advantage of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
