Distance education has attracted many people because of its flexibility. The term distance implies that the learning can take place in any location whereas the term education is synonymous to fulfilling some requirements of sort for accreditation. In our society, time is money and no people relate to this more than working people. This is one of the biggest reasons that distance education caters to mature professionals who want to pursue learning, but not at the risk of missing a pay check.

Upon completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Discuss the estimated growth of distance education
• Describe the distance education technologies of the future
• Describe corporate universities and how they use e-learning
• Provide a brief synopsis of online degree programs