Distance Learning Schools No Longer Out of Reach

March 9, 2009 - PRLog -- The US department of  Education conducted a survey on various aspects of online education and  recently reported the findings through the website of the IES National Center  for Education Statistics. According to the findings, by the academic year 2007,  12.2 million students were enrolling in some form of online education in the US  alone. This number is expected to rise steadily over the nest half-decade by  about 18-19% and may reach 18+ million students by 2012-2013. This rising trend  seems a direct reaction to the recently higher costs of living and  transportation, as well as restrictions on time and travel imposed upon most  working students in the US due to the credit crunch and on many international  students who have recently faced difficulties in obtaining permission for study  on traditional campus based US schools, colleges and Universities.
The options available in distance learning are also  expanding every quarter, as it is reported that most institutions are  conducting serious efforts to offer most of their programs online in order to  cater to remotely placed students and to take advantage of the rising remote  learning market. The job market has suffered at the hands of recession  recently, and while many employees are losing jobs, many are seeking to improve  their professional profiles by taking up online/ distance courses in order to  become more valuable to and better paid by their organizations. In addition to  this, it is reported that many non-traditional online courses are appearing  every day, giving people the opportunity to take up previously courses  previously not available as distance learning courses.
The proliferation of distance learning is set to continue  over the conceivable future, with most traditional campus-based courses now  including major elements of distance learning in virtually their entire  curriculum. Where a few years ago, the majority of students enrolling in campus  based schools distrusted or did not know enough about distance learning, and  accreditation was an issue, now, distance learning is becoming an accepted norm  as a part of traditional education as well.

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