| For many people, the mention of college | | | | Nearly all universities offer at least a few |
| brings to mind vivid images of ivy-covered | | | | online courses if not complete degree |
| brick buildings set amongst spacious green | | | | programs online. A student can take |
| lawns; swarming throngs of students walking | | | | e-learning classes in nearly every discipline |
| along paths beneath canopies of ancient shade | | | | and branch of study, and earn degrees ranging |
| trees; bearded professors lecturing in large | | | | all the way from high school diplomas to |
| student-filled halls; blackboards covered | | | | doctorates. |
| with cryptic mathematical symbols, and | | | | |
| perhaps countless other vignettes of college | | | | Barely more than a decade ago, few people |
| life. While these scenes are a reality for | | | | could foresee the day when students could |
| some students, for others college life is | | | | take a class from their living room with |
| much different. The advent of the internet in | | | | nothing more than a lap top computer |
| recent years has opened up a whole new way | | | | connected to the internet. That day has |
| for students to attend college and earn their | | | | arrived, and opened the doors of education to |
| degrees online, often without ever having to | | | | millions of students worldwide. Only in a day |
| darken a college classroom door. | | | | of revolutionary technological innovation |
| | | | could someone find such a convenience as |
| Online accredited courses--also known as | | | | online classes. |
| distance learning and e-learning | | | | |
| courses--enable working adults with | | | | Whether you've already attained a college |
| established careers and personal lives to | | | | degree and are looking to further your |
| gain additional education for things such as | | | | education, or you've never gone to college |
| career advancement, professional | | | | but would like to get your college degree or |
| certification, self improvement, or even | | | | high school diploma, online accredited |
| simple pleasure. Online courses offer | | | | courses may be the key that unlocks the door |
| students tremendous flexibility in being able | | | | to your goals. With the popularity of |
| to study at a time and place that best fits | | | | distance learning education continuing to |
| into their busy schedules. | | | | grow by leaps and bounds each year, the day |
| | | | may come when the traditional college |
| With just a little research on the internet | | | | experience is more of a memory than a |
| you will find a huge offering of online | | | | reality. Just as few could predict the rise |
| accredited courses from hundreds of colleges, | | | | in online learning, who can really know what |
| universities, vocational and trade schools. | | | | the future holds for education! |