It is a discernible fact that one third of the world’s total population now uses internet or have at least access to the internet. Back in 2011, 6.1 billion mobile phone subscriptions were recorded globally whereas the world population at that time was nearly 6.9 billion! The number of mobile phone and internet users has steadily increased through all these months and this rise of new-age technologies is considered a reason behind the popularity of online degree programs. Employers, even in the less developed nations, have realized the importance of digital education and they are having a preference for the digitally educated applicants. This is a high time to invest your hard-earned money in higher education that can be pursued online using new-age tools and technologies.
Companies that have presence in multiple countries are looking for candidates who have pursued some form of online education. This is because these candidates are generally more verbose with latest online learning technologies. As a result, intra departmental and intra personal communication gets better and the overall productivity increases. Usage of internet enabled gadgets has also made classrooms smarter than ever before. Besides, education (in its digitized form) has become more accessible for the learners across the globe. Online education is cost-effective as cost per student and cost for infrastructure has decreased like never before. This is why colleges are also opening online learning departments.
At present, there are 245 million internet users in the USA, 61 million in Russia, 121 million users in India and the other countries like Mexico, Nigeria and Philippines are also not very far behind. China is also considered a country with a high percentage of internet users. Technology is getting cheaper with days passing and now-a-days almost everybody is using Smartphone and similar products. Imparting education online is no more a Gordian knot now!
