Education Report - More Options for Learning Online

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VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report. American are facing many problems. College costs are rising and are not enough jobs for the people who have study programs. But employers say they cannot find enough with technical skills. Now, online classes might offer solutions. top universities offer online classes. Students can often take classes at little or no cost. Lyndacom is one with online classes. Lynda Weinman helped to launch the . She says that colleges cannot teach technical skills easily these skills change quickly. But it is easy for with online classes to keep up with new technology. classes offer different ways to learn. At most colleges, professor gives a lecture, and the students research and alone. Students who take online classes listen to lectures home. But they work with their professor on projects homework. Experts say the growing number of online classes have a major effect on colleges. Some say college in the future may be a mix of online and professors helping students in person. Georgetown University labor Tony Carnevale says he would welcome these changes. He a college education must lead to skills that employers . He also notes that the college system needs to more efficient. Chris Cullen is a college marketing expert. says competition from online schools and concerns about costs change universities. He says top universities with strong public may expand in an online world. But less famous may struggle to interest students. For VOA Learning English, Alex Villarreal.

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