Are Executive Students really keen for Online Education?

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According to an “executive open program” survey, the results reflected a mixed reaction from the students , regarding the future of online education. No doubt digital learning has come a long way , since its existence, but the complete course going online is not quite acceptable for many.

The main aim of online learning is giving everyone an access to the world-class education. According to the survey, 1/5 of the management students believes that having 25 to 50% of the course delivered virtually was acceptable, and 15% should be a classroom interactive ones. But with the upgradation of technology, webinar and interactive one-to-one sections with the faculty members is not a big issue.

    The Benefitters:  

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Around 80% of the full time job pursuers believe that online education has been a boon for them as it allows flexibility of study time, study material and also cost effective. And the most important criteria to mention is , it educates them.

MOOC s :

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Massive Open Online Courses , which aim at unlimited access of open knowledges via web, have been a serious threat to the regular college courses. But due to some lack of networking opportunities only a handful of participants had heard of MOOCs and just 11% has utilised it.

Other Benefitters:

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Online education has encouraged learning for the college dropouts , who had to engage in full time work process to supoort family. It has also encouraged the zeal of higher education among the defense personals and also old age and veterans.

Career Growth:

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The growing demand of onjob skills and the better management of any business has encashed the idea of online learning to a certain extent. Now-a-days management degree has become a must to rise in your career graph. The current trend shows there has been a sharp increase in the enrollment for an online MBA degree or various other management diploma courses available online by the employees of the organisation.. This courses provide full guidance in terms of study materials and improve the skill sets of the en rollers. Besides it provides flexibility of study time.

The verdict:

Though there are various educational as well as vocational courses like.. cabin crew management, chief degree , nursing degree..that requires pratical training and inhand experience is to earn a degree. In those fields online learning courses can never compete. But still online earning has earned a generous popularity in terms of those education which can be sucessfully completed via web process.

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