Although online degrees have been introduced for such a long time, and the degrees earned through online education has received wide support from businesses, there are still myths that affecting the decision of people who are considering pursuing their degree online. Here are the common myths and their facts that you should know before your make your online education decision:

Myth #1:
Online degree won't be accepted by employers. You will face difficulties to find job using degree earned through online education.

Fact of Myth #1
Online education is one of rapid growth education option in conjunction the increase of its demand. The fact is if online degrees are not accepted by employers, there should have no demand for online degree programs. In contrary, more and more universities are making their degree programs available for online students because online education has become an alternative option for students to earn their degree. It also a better option for working adults to enrich their career related knowledge and skills through continuing education programs offered through online education.

Myth #2:
Online learning is much easier than traditional class-room based education. You can easily earn a degree with less effort as compare to what you need to do to earn a degree if you go through a traditional way.

Fact of Myth #2
If you choose to pursue online degree just because you think that online learning is easier, then you might contribute to the statistics of failure in online education program. Although there are fast track online degrees where you can waive some credits with your life experience, you do need to put effort and spend considerable amount of time to complete a degree program. Many students miss interpret the flexible and convenient learning as easy learning, which is a totally wrong mindset about online degree. Online education provides flexible and convenient learning environment where you can learning from your comfort home at the time you are convenient of.

Myth #3:
You will not be able to transfer credits to other colleges in the future if you pursue a degree online.

Fact of Myth #3
You will have difficulties to transfer credits if your degree is issued by a university that is not accredited or accredited by an accrediting agency that is not in the list of approved by the Department of Education. Else, the transferability of online courses has no different from the traditional brick-and-mortal universities. Moreover, the credit transfer will largely depend on the school regardless of online or offline, you should check with the school that offers your selected degree program for credit transferability during the enrollment process.

Summary

Don't make your education decision solely based on the myths. You should get yourself understand the fact of each myth and assess on how the online education can best benefit you or you may more suitable to go for campus-based education if you are not a right candidate for online education.