Interest in online learning is growing rapidly, while interest in traditional education is waning. From 2012 to 2013, distance education enrollment rose 1.8 percent, compared with a drop of 4% in overall higher education enrollment, according to the US Department of Education.

About one-eighth of students take all their higher education courses at a distance (online or through video, satellite or correspondence work), while another eighth take at least some classes at a distance, according to Russell Poulin, director, policy and analysis for the Eastern Interstate Comission for Higher Education Cooperative for Educational Technologies, a Boulder, CO, based organizations that focuses on best practices and technology for distance learning.

Source: HR Magazine, May 2015