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Is Online Learning Right for You?
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(OPEN):
ONLINE ENROLLMENT IS GROWING AT A STAGGERING 33-PERCENT A YEAR.
ACCORDING TO THE DISTANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING COUNCIL,
MORE THAN THREE-MILLION STUDENTS ARE CURRENTLY INVOLVED IN
DISTANCE OR ONLINE LEARNING. AND, THIS NUMBER CONTINUES TO GROW,
SAYS HELEN MACDERMOTT, WITH "'E-LEARNERS'-DOT-COM"--A
COMPANY THAT HELPS PROSPECTIVE ONLINE LEARNERS FIND AN ONLINE PROGRAM...
(MACDERMOTT):
"YOU CAN FIND ACCREDITED ASSOCIATE-, BACHELOR-, MASTER-, AND
DOCTORAL-DEGREE PROGRAMS, IN A WIDE RANGE OF SUBJECTS--ALL IN A
FLEXIBLE, ONLINE FORMAT. IT'S A SIMPLE AND GREAT WAY TO LEARN."
(CLOSE):
IN A RECENT SURVEY OF PEOPLE CONSIDERING ONLINE LEARNING, RESEARCHERS
FOUND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE NOT MAKING THE LEAP WEREN'T SURE IF ONLINE
LEARNING WAS RIGHT FOR THEM. TO HELP PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS DECIDE
WHETHER THEY SHOULD PURSUE AN ONLINE DEGREE, "'E-LEARNERS'-DOT-COM" HAS
CREATED THE "E-LEARNERS ADVISOR": THROUGH A SERIES OF
QUESTIONS, THE ADVISOR DETERMINES IF AN ONLINE PROGRAM IS RIGHT FOR YOU.
TO TRY THE "E-LEARNERS ADVISOR" FOR YOURSELF--AND TO LEARN MORE ABOUT
ONLINE LEARNING--VISIT
W-W-W-DOT-"GO-E-LEARNERS"-DOT-COM.
