Many children, for many reasons, are unable or unwilling to attend a traditional bricks and mortar high school, college or University. They cannot attend for reasons including poor health, financial reasons or even bullying. An inability to attend school or college in the past has frequently meant that our children have lost out in their education.
Online education was pioneered in the UK by The Open University (http://www.open.ac.uk/) but is now offered by many colleges and universities around the world. Online education or distance learning was initially seen by many as just a supplement to the brick-and-mortar classroom with traditional teaching and learning methods and materials. Over the last few years however, improved technology and educational techniques have made online high school classes and online college courses viable alternatives to traditional methods of learning. Today the student does not have to set foot in a classroom to obtain good academic qualifications up to Masters Degree level.
Today’s students, can benefit in a number of ways that previously they could not. They can get their qualifications despite having no way to get to the...