E-learning courses could have a number of benefits when compared against traditional classroom education. Underemployed or jobless people are taking advantage of e-learning to improve their education during the economic downturn, while other adults become involved in online learning as they wish to create additional opportunities for themselves. Some people never completed college in the past and are using online learning to pursue their ambitions of attaining a degree, while others might want to improve their promotional prospects by gaining further academic qualifications, the representative continued. Distance learning online allows students to take classes at a time that suits them, which could be in the early morning following a night-shift, before the children wake up or in other moments of free time. "A lot of [students] were doing their coursework while I was asleep," Mr Gathman pointed out.
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