Online learning is not that old alternative of taking classes to study. There were lots of methods to receive an education, which were as all people know traditional colleges, public schools and finally online education. As we know that traditional schools are very expensive and most parents would rather to put their children in those kinds of school to help them having a good future. No matter what the price would be in the traditional schools, parents have the idea of online education was not worthy and not a good quality. However; online education becomes a very sophisticated these days comparing from the past and it does affect all student in the present because it has much as lots people do not know of. By looking at Elaine Allen and Jeff Seaman in their book and how they use, the growth of online leaning and the success of taking it as part of having the quality that most people do not see, we can see this is really important method of receiving an education because there are lots of people who cannot afford the cost of the traditional schools. 

One of the more noticeable things these days is the growth of online education. According to the book, “Five Years of Growth in Online Learning,” the authors say, “Future growth in online enrollments will most likely come from those institutions that are currently the most engaged; they enroll the most online learning students and have the highest expectations for growth” (Allen and Seaman 2). So, we can see how people and even the institutions itself engaged with this method. One of the reasons of taking online courses and why some people prefer online learning than brick and mortar schools is the low tuition. According to the book, the number of students who take online courses are in a rise and that is normal because most students engaged with the new technology. In 2002, there were approximately 100,984 students who take only one course in a term and all the statistics were written down accurately in the book from 2000 until now days and it seems that the use of online courses are increasing now significantly (Allen and Seaman 15). It is so hard to believe those numbers because we all mostly accustomed to be in the traditional schools. Therefore, whenever we want to know something new we get in details of it to believe it. Online learning is really become one of the best method of receiving a very marvelous quality education without spending lots of money. 

If online learning was not common in the past, then now days with the developing that happened on it make it more useable among students. Lots of students who tried online courses were satisfied and that means people from the past were not aware of how this method would be the best and the easiest way to receive an education. As a culture developed, education improved with online learning and this would affect many students were used to have their education normally in the traditional school, however; online learning has many advantages that would benefit the students and even will make them more comfortable. For instance, it gives students the opportunity to study whenever and wherever place they want and this one of the impetuses that make old students to adjust their life easily. According to the article “Benefits of Online Courses” Kimberly Metz says, “Guiding the student through the process of online learning in a semi-controlled environment will better prepare them for the future and for lifelong learning opportunities upon graduation” (Metz). So we can see how online learning is being successful and this indicates no matter what people used to have in the past, they will get use to online learning because of its convenience. According to the book, “Five Years of Growth in Online Learning,” the authors say, “[E]valuating the quality of online instruction is no more difficult than for face-to-face, and an increasing majority view the quality of online education as the same or better than face-to-face instruction” (Allen and Seaman 18). In other words, online learning seems not difficult comparing with the traditional school and it might be easier. This shows that whenever we want to think about online learning in the past and how very little students who were engaged with it, now we can see a huge rate difference. This is will not affect the traditional school, but it is more beneficial to have many options for students to have an education.

There are many elements that make us feel about online learning that is quite beneficial. Some people think that even with its benefits it is still not worthy and not a good quality as in-class learning. Furthermore, there are some articles that talk about how online learning might eliminate brick and mortar school funding. Actually, this might be true of what they think but thinking of these days and how students are effected by the modern technology. For instance, people in the 19th century were educated by old books and even maybe do not have boards or desks. In other words, the environment in the past was not appropriate to get an education for people who live these days and this is similarly to online education. Some people think that online learning is not good as the traditional school, but that is not true. According to the article, “Advantages of Online Education” Julie Nelson says, “57% of academic leaders rated the learning outcomes in online education as being equal to or better than the outcomes in traditional classroom” (Nelson 1). It shows that no matter where we get the education from either traditional school or online learning are both of them very useful and lead the same goal. 

In conclusion, traditional school is still perfect and there is nothing negative with it. Actually, it is perfect because students can interact with others. In the other side, online education is the second and the easiest way to receive an education these days. The growth of using online learning increasing so quickly as the time passing. The success of taking online courses were apparently obvious. The book which is “Five Years of Growth in Online Learning,” is really important because we can see how online learning became a significant part in students’ life and how successful it is. 
