In March 2014, the Economist Intelligence Unit, a forecasting and advisory service from The Economist Group had come out with a report entitled “Higher Education in the 21st century: meeting real world demands”. The report constitutes the basic solutions towards a smarter education model-creation of global visibility, creative financing, technology-based courses and streamline business models without building new classrooms and dormitories.
Today mobile connectivity has brought in virtual proximity to far-off places that shrinks physical distance; students can now take classes wherever they have access to the internet. If deployed properly, online learning can help students in an increasingly technology-based world and help them to broaden their horizon of knowledge.
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