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| Earning a Degree Online |  From the time when the Internet was initiated at universities to facilitate information sharing, it's no surprise that an increasing number of them are creating Web-based universities. 180 accredited graduate schools and more than 150 undergraduate colleges and universities now support distance-learning degree programs, an increasing number of which are Web-based.
Lots of universities are catering online to the rising demand from industry to deliver skill-development courses to the desktop. It proposes Web-based professional certificates as well as associate and bachelor's degrees that are built around a solid core of business and computer classes.
With many online programs, the curriculum is not simply textbook-based. All online classes are carefully designed to emphasize experiential understanding. Use case studies, group exercises, and real-life work problems. Test the students not by giving those multiple-choice exams but by saying, that here is a problem this company is having; how your group can solve this.
The most popular courses are in computer programming, network administration, business, and accounting.
Full-credit college courses typically cost $300 to $1,000. Mainly all online classes don't require that students have the latest high-powered computer, but they must have Internet access.
Make sure before enrolling in any online college, that your chosen program is recognized by either a regional accrediting agency or the Distance Education and Training Council, a nonprofit nationally recognized accrediting agency located in Washington.
As online course offerings are expanding, it's clear that the Internet has added a popular new twist to the correspondence courses of old.
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