Online degrees is referring to college or university degrees (sometimes also including diplomas for high school and many kinds of non-degree certificate programs) that could be pursued entirely by the use of the Internet connection using computer rather than sitting or attending the college lecture room like a traditional way. Today, some one can earn a BSc degree, master, or Doctoral degree online from a university or colleges without ever attending and sitting in classrooms. In fact, online degree in the certain field more interest people than traditional way of-line, while some field of study are less accepted.
Now days the Distance Education and Training Council is the only being recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation as accrediting organization for distance education institution, as well as all the programs of education offering online degrees. Recently even there are such consortium agreements of some universities, for example, the Canadian Virtual University, that act as a courses portal for about 14 Canadian Universities. The consortium on the other hand offers no degrees or courses. The fully accredited online universities or colleges have received form for widely recognized university accreditation from accreditation boards from 1 of 6 regional.
A survey indicated that 55% of employers still preferred traditional or regular degrees over those of online degrees. In the 1996, In 1996, the University of Colorado located at Denver US, created CU Online, such metropolitan campus. This is one of first distance learning university programs that fully accredited offering degrees by online. A lot of people are pursuing a BSc, masters or even doctorate degree by online in the field of they are interested, such as nursing degree or education degree, psychology degree, or even criminal justice degree by online. All without siting in the lecture room like the traditional that consuming schedule and time.
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