Reasons for Taking Online Classes Since the creation of the internet, every aspect of our lives has been changed in both developmental and deteriorated ways. The internet changed how we work, how we entertain ourselves and, of course, how we process information and learn. Students get educated in different ways; like through hybrid and traditional classes, however, distance education is indispensable for learning. In an article from Nature and Science, Kobra Lashgari et. al (2011) defines, “Distance education places students and their instructors in separate locations using some form of technology to communicate and interact”(p.21). Aside from the long-term advantages of earning a degree, there are immediate advantages that come from earning that degree through taking online courses. Here are a few reasons students take courses online instead a traditional school. Perhaps the first, most obvious reason of taking courses online is that online courses give students a great amount of flexibility when they work to build their education into their daily life. The flexibility of online education allows for greater students control over the balance between work and school. In article from Nature and Science, Kobra Lashgari (2011) observed, “With online education students have the possibilities to adjust schedules to their life, rather than adjust their life to predetermined schedules” (p19). Numerous programs only require that students log in a certain number of times per week, although let the students decide when that is, which mean the students have a greater say in when they study.
Also, the flexibility of online courses works great for parents, who need to juggle child care and other responsibilities with their studies. In An article from JALN, John Duton et.al (2002) expressed, “Online program will give these students the flexibility to work around their other priorities” (P8). The need to manage class requirements around
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