Can online education replace our public schools and traditional colleges?

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Online Education vs. Traditional Schools

Is the costs of online education really cheaper than traditional schools?

Online education is obviosly more convienient but are the cost comparable with the traditional classroom setting.

Most studies show that online courses are cheaper if taken through a traditional school instead of a for-profit online school.

Most studies are showing that online classes are less expensive for both the students and the universities implementing them.

Are online MBA programs giving the same education as traditional schools?

The internet has now made it possible to get your MBA all online. Do employers such as universiteis see these degrees as equivelent to a traditional MBA? Are these students getting the same education a in a traditional classroom?

Online education students score higher on average than in the traditional setting.

A recent survey showed that 40 percent of MBA students are doing their courses either partially online or completely via the internet.

Is online homeschooling for K-12 as efficient as public school systems?

Is the new wave of online homeschooling giving kids more opportunities for a better education or will smaller amounts of face to face contact lead to the lack of social skills in future generations?

Most students doing online homeschooling in the K-12 setting score higher than the traditional classroom students.

Statistics and surveys from Sloans Consortium show that online students score higher than the average in all catagories.

The history of distance learning.

The history of distance learning is a lot longer than you might think. The gradual progression from correspondance to radio to television and now the internet have proved to be an interesting journey.

History indicates that as technology increases the value of the education gets better along with it. From correspondance courses to the internet distance education has always been around.

Social Aspects of online learning.

Can the new flood of online education, especially for K-12 online homeschooling, cause drastic changes to future generations and the way our social structure operates?

Sociologists agree that social interaction is a determining factor in child developement therefore online homeschooling might have an effect on social behaviors in the future.

Although students taking online homeschooling for K-12 are scoring higher than the average, sociologist are afraid that there will be intense repurcussions from the lack of a more social setting during childhood developement.

Are for-profit online schools really just degree mills?

Not even close, the costs of for-profit schools are about three times higher that at a traditional university.

Online for-profit schools are recently being regulated more closely than ever before due to fradulent practices and the large number of government subsidesed loans to for-profit schools.

Are online undergraduate classes giving the same education as the on campus classes?

Regulations still vary from state to state and the quality of online courses seems to vary.