The craze for distance learning degrees continues – tips for new age learners

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Pursuing Distance Learning Degree is a PLeasurabLe initiative for a successfuL career Although the academia has traditionally been hesitant in adopting massive open online courses, a new report published by the Babson Survey Research Group says that the growing popularity of pursuing online courses is not a mere trend but gradually turning out to be a sheer compulsion. Believe it or not, 6.7 million students are presently enrolled in at least one online course, despite receiving opposing comments from plenty of traditional learning faculties.

Survey by Babson Research Group

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The Babson Survey Research Group conducted a survey on online learning in 2012. From the report, it was found that the need for pursuing higher education must not only evolve at any cost but the evolution must happen faster. About 77% of the academic leaders ranked the learning outcomes on the basis of comparisons made with the physical classrooms. The comments they made in regard to the online learning strategies were either “same” or “superior” in comparison to those adopted in the physical classrooms.


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