Why Online Education Is Better Than Being In A Classroom

There is nothing you can get out of a classroom that you can’t get online. There is going to be a lot of people reading this disagreeing right now, and that is ok, but let’s look at the pro’s and con’s of both.

First let’s not get internships, and apprenticeships confused with classroom education. Classroom education is how most degrees are earned, with little work experience needed.

COMPARING.

Class schedule
Cost
Location
Instructors help
Quality of education
Hands on training (experience)

ONLINE.

Take classes whenever you want.
Low overhead, means lower cost for students.
take classes wherever you have internet.
With todays technology, students can hangout with instructors online.
Internship or entry level job recommended to gain experience.

CLASSROOM.

Have to follow the schools schedule, at times inconvenient.
Much more expensive, and has a lot of over head.
The best schools are often to far, and then require additional living expenses.
A long time benefit of the classroom, now obsolete with technology.
Classrooms are small with a bunch or people shoved in it, how hands on can you get?