by Rob Tauler, Noobpreneur
A 2009 report released by the U.S. Department of Education found that students who studied in online learning environments performed better than students who were receiving face-to-face instruction. This study gathered information from 99 independent studies which took place over a twelve span. The report concluded that on average, students engaged in online learning ranked in the 59th percentile, while those in a classroom setting were in the 50th percentile. According to the New York Times, this information signals that online education will grow in the years to come. The implications of this study are profound, since it seems that no one had previously believed online education was substantively superior to traditional settings. These trends and research findings point towards the growing prominence of online education in the decades to come. Being more affordable, and more effective, they will prove irresistible to educators. They are attractive to entrepreneurs because of low start up costs associated with the online format.
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