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naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

I CCed a copy to the General Middle East forum, but thought I'd post here as well.
I have an online MA in TEFL from Spain and will be getting another MA from Australia, also done online. Are online degrees accepted by most employers in the UAE?

helenl · Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 1202

If you do a quick search - you will find those employers covered by the Ministry of Education DO NOT usually accept online degrees. Some/many (all?) employers of Ministry of Higher Education will.

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

sheikh yer money-maker · Joined: 23 Aug 2010 Posts: 79 Location: Saudi Arabia

They're not real unis, you know. Just kind of "play-unis".

helenl · Joined: 04 Jan 2006 Posts: 1202

No I wouldn't volunteer it but I would be surprised if they didn't figure it out if the degree is from one country and your CV shows you as working (or whatever) in a second country at the same time.

I'd also be surprised if they weren't aware of which universities are commonly offering distance MAs.

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

Naturegirl... since you are looking at jobs under the Ministry of Education, I'd say that you're likely out of luck with distance MAs.

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smedini · Joined: 24 Feb 2006 Posts: 178

But if the OP is looking to work at a uni, isn't that Ministry of Higher Education, which does accept distance degrees? Just curious as this is a question I will eventually need to ask Wink

~smedini

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

I may have misunderstood her questions based on some other threads. Perhaps she is looking at both. I know that much of her experience is with children in the past.

I'd say that universities are a better choice in the Gulf for the most part. Cool

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sheikh yer money-maker · Joined: 23 Aug 2010 Posts: 79 Location: Saudi Arabia

She's currently teaching at an SK uni, if I remember correctly.

naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

I certainly recommend university level over K-12... unless you can step into the top one or two International Schools in these countries... the ones where the embassy kids attend.

They often have better pay and benefits than the universities.

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naturegirl321 · Joined: 04 May 2003 Posts: 9041 Location: home sweet home

Yep, I have NO desire to go back to K to 12.

NadiaK · Joined: 27 Jul 2006 Posts: 206

HCT had an issue a while back with qualifications that did not include a practicum (no distinction made between distance/f2f, though). I don't know if this is still true, but it might be a consideration if neither of your degrees had a practical component.