Full time Vs. Distance learning.

It's been a long running debate between MBA applicants while choosing between a distance based education and a full time MBA. Students often struggle to agree on whether a distance or full time program would be best suited for them. Should they reap the benefits of being able to study at home or work towards a MBA at one of the countries most reputable colleges? To help make the decision on which choice is best for you it is important to know the variation between full time and distance based programs.

MBA Distance Learning:

These courses are targetted at those who cannot afford to quit their job in order to take up full time education. They could have a family that they support ot simply just do not want to sit at home and stop earning. That's why distance learning is ideal for them, it gives them the chance to study in their free time.

Distance learning can be either an online or offline program, students are provided with all necessary work books and materials needed to complete their study. The students have complete control over their study time and prep work for exams. They just have to complete an exam at the end of the course. If you want to take a look at the UK's leading online learning college head over to Google and search for The Open University.

MBA Distance Learning offered by the Open University.

Full time MBA:

Full time MBA's are the conventonal way of studying towards yiur qualification. Generally the curriculym for full time courses is considerably better than that of a distant based program. They normally include practical session, extensive training, internal and semester exams that help their students develop skills in the best way possible.

In some cases someone with a full time MBA will be valued higher by a prospective employer than someone with only a distance based MBA. This will however, vary depending on the field and employers so don't let that put you off taking the distant learning option, you will not be limited on the employment available to you after completion    Full time MBA's are however generally a lot more expensive than the distance learning alternative. 

So to round all of that up, as a rule brick based colleges will be considerably more expensive than courses based at on online or distance learning college, they are however favored by some employers but as time goes on and the internet and MBA distance learning becomes more and more popular this will defiantly die down. It is very rare that you will get turned down for having a MBA completed on a distance learning program,

If you would like more information on how to get started with MBA distance learning and find out a little bit more about it then you can browse through the previous posts in this blog to help you in your search for the perfect online college. More posts will be coming in the following days so make sure you check back when you get the chance!