Online Education: Affordable and Effective Mode of Learning

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Online Education Affordable and Effective Mode
of Learning
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Introduction Today education after the
secondary level is very expensive and is
difficult to afford for many people. With so much
money involved and with no signs of tuition fees
being decreased in the near future it is obvious
that students and their parents have started to
look towards better alternatives.
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Today there are websites who train in particular
courses but dont give any degree while there are
others who offer degree programs in various
disciplines. Even the universities like Stanford
have started to offer online degree programs. And
it is only a matter of time when more reputable
and respectable educational institutions like
Stanford would start doing the same.
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More Benefits This trend will also break down
several other hurdles that were stopping people
from getting higher education or attending
universities. People who live far from a
university campus can now have access to their
desired courses right at their homes. They
wouldnt need to travel anywhere to study.
Internet technology has matured to the stage
where even the poorest countries have access to
it.
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Development of Poor Countries The access to
higher education in the people of poor countries
or third world countries is indeed a big turning
point. This would also contribute to the
socio-economic development of those countries.
The concept of online learning is perfect for
those individuals who have to work to support
their families.
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Benefits to Teachers and Students Online
education also helps the teachers and instructors
to reach more students than ever. In the first
ever Stanford online course that was introduced a
few years ago more than 100000 people were
enrolled from around the world. This milestone
was impossible to achieve for an instructor in
the offline mode of learning. The effects of
e-learning are easily more far reaching.