1. ONLINE EDUCATION IN RUSSIA
Heat Power Faculty
Group 6A81
Larionov Kirill
Cheban Aleksey

2. Nowadays people understand that the contribution into the education is the best investment into their future. Those people who have university degree have better career opportunities and earn more.

3. More and more traditional universities provide the online educational programs and the students have wide range of choice.  

4. First of all, this form of education is necessary for people who have little time to attend classes or for disabled people. It’s also a good chance to get an additional education.  

5. According to the experts, the next five years two thirds of students in the developed countries will get online education.

6. Online education is getting very popular in the world
Online education is getting very popular in the world. Tomsk Polytechnic University, as well as the leading world universities, develops this form of education and offers foreign citizens to get online training programs and some short-term online courses.

7. Online education has its advantages.
First, convenience
You get a unique possibility to study according to your own schedule, your personal and professional requirements. You can study while you are at work, at home or travel.
Second, choice of your own speed
You can choose your personal speed of studying that will correspond to your character, desires and possibilities.
Third, duration of studying
You can control and regulate the duration of the studying and receive the degree faster that those students who study in the traditional universities.
Fourth, fewer expenses
You pay only for your knowledge that you receive and you don’t have to pay for travel expenses, accommodation and other things that connected with studying in another city.

8. Disabled people can get the opportunity to obtain their diplomas of higher education: it’s really good for them.  

9. Online students study according to the same curriculum as the students in the traditional educational institutions. They have the same teachers, material, content, instructors and exams.

10. At the same time online education can’t replace completely the traditional forms of education because some state standards of higher education don’t allow to get a diploma of the state sample through online education. Another problem is that only dedicated students who have strong will and desire are capable to finish their education successfully.

11. Below several interesting facts concerning the online universities, studying and students are presented:
The academic grades of the online students are usually higher than the academic grades of the students from traditional universities.
Online students are more responsible, disciplined, self-motivated and achieve more.
Online students have better skills in time management.

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