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It is good to note that since 2012 millions of people have joined online colleges and most traditional universities and colleges cannot ignore the trend and they have moved from just offering courses in their brick and mortar classes and they now offer the same courses online. 

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There are many reasons that students choose online courses such as the flexibility that online courses offer many full time working students thus they can juggle both educational needs and daily chores. Online courses are also a good choice for students that do not have a geographical access to colleges that offer the programs that they desire. Visit us here to learn more.

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After deciding that an online college is a good option the person needs to choose a reputable online college by following the tips discussed below. The foremost thing to do is to choose an accredited online college because a proper accreditation is vital if the student wants their qualification to hold any weight in the job market. The customer needs to check the site of the school to identify the name of its accrediting body and most reputable online schools have that information available on their site and after verifying that the course is accredited the client needs to visit the accreditation website of the government to find out more on the accreditation of the online college. 

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It is good to state that the client then has to select the school's faculty to see if they are qualified to teach that particular course, they have a good reputation, the length of time that they have been teaching, the amount of respect they have in their field, publications made and their profiles on professional networking websites. The person also needs to ask what support services the online college offers and even though online learning offers less student-teacher contact, but they have to be available to help and give feedback when needed. It is good to state that the person needs to ask the online college how often they will be able to contact the instructors and how fast they should expect replies and by what method whether it is via email or video calls. The client has to confirm how many students the professor has, how they will be helped with technical problems and they also need to find out if there are any services that will be available beyond the classroom such as career services. 

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An amazing fact to state is that transferring credit is also another fact to look into because it is a two-way street and if the client has previous college credits that they can transfer they need to make sure that the online college will accept them and if other colleges will be able to accept the college credits acquired while pursuing the online college. See details here.

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