by APP.com
The use of online education, or distance learning, once mostly associated with for-profit instititions, has increased dramatically over the past several years, although the increase in students enrolled in online courses in 2014 was the lowest in more than a decade. Nonetheless, more than 25 percent of all college and university students are enrolled in at least one distance education course, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, and 11 percent are enrolled exclusively in online courses. More than 70 percent of chief academic officers, once highly skeptical of online learning, now say distance education is critical to their long-term strategy. And most say outcomes from distance education courses are equal to or better than those of traditional, on the ground, courses.
http://www.app.com/story/opinion/columnists/2015/09/02/issue-online-learning-making-grade/71574536/
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