BY DEVON HAYNIE, U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
Online degrees still carry a stigma with some employers, but that’s quickly changing. There are several reasons why online bachelor’s degrees are increasingly becoming accepted, including the sheer number of students taking online courses, experts say. In 2011, for example, more than 6.7 million students took at least one online course, according to the most recent findings from the Babson Survey Research Group. Chris Cullen, a brand consultant for colleges and universities, says the perception of online degrees has also changed as top-ranked schools have started offering more distance education options and massive open online courses, known as MOOCs. “In the past couple of years schools like MIT, Stanford, Duke and Johns Hopkins have joined the online education landscape,” says Cullen, managing director at Infinia DC. “It elevates the concept of online higher ed. Just by their participation the category is lifted.”
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