| Prior to online education introduction, single mothers | | | | degree programs may cost more in term of actual |
| who need to run a household and take care of their | | | | tuition fee, but if you add up the amount of time it |
| children may not have time to go back to college to | | | | takes you to travel to the regular classes where |
| earn a degree. Nowadays, the available of online | | | | money need spend in traveling and accommodation |
| education opens the opportunity for the single moms | | | | (if needed) and the expenses on printed books, |
| who are interested in earning a degree to pursue | | | | references & lecture's materials, a traditional |
| their desired degree online without affecting their | | | | college cost much more. Most online learning materials |
| daily routines. | | | | are downloadable which save the money that you |
| There are many advantages of online education that | | | | need to spend on printed materials. Moreover, most |
| the single mothers can benefit from, in term of time, | | | | online degree programs are offered in 10 or 12 |
| efforts and also money saving. Among the major | | | | weeks segments providing the single mothers a |
| advantages are: | | | | better time arrangement to earn a degree without |
| 1. Flexible & Convenient Study Environment | | | | affective their existing lifestyle. |
| Single mothers who are busy in earning household | | | | 3. Geography Location Does Not Matter |
| income while taking care of their child normally will not | | | | The degree programs that are interested by moms |
| have a fixed schedule that they can allocate for. | | | | may be offered by colleges far away from their |
| They may have some times here and there, or more | | | | home or the single mothers may want to pursue a |
| times after their child goes to bed. These moms also | | | | degree offered by a college at oversea. In this case, |
| can't afford to waste time on traveling back & | | | | those moms may need to relocate to the place near |
| forth to classroom at the college. Therefore, flexible | | | | by; and/or they may need to rearrange their job, |
| and convenient learning environment without the | | | | their child's school & etc, which may not be |
| need to travel all the way to the classroom are the | | | | feasible for most single mothers. Fortunately, with |
| features needed by these single mothers if they | | | | the popularity of online education, most colleges |
| want to earn a degree. | | | | make their degree programs available online, enabling |
| The online education fits well on these moms' needs. | | | | the single mothers to pursue a degree without the |
| Most online degree programs provide asynchronous | | | | worry about the need to change their living style. |
| learning environment where the single moms can | | | | Geography location factor can be eliminated when |
| log-on to the online classes at any time and any | | | | considering an online degree program. As long as the |
| location they like. Many online degree programs can | | | | college supports online learning, the moms can sign up |
| be pursued 100% online while others may to spend | | | | their desired courses from any where. |
| some credit hours at physical classes. Single mothers | | | | Summary |
| can choose their desired degree program offered by | | | | The available of online education opens opportunities |
| various colleges that has the courses requirements | | | | for single mothers to pursue a degree online without |
| that best fit their interest and their learning schedule. | | | | the worry about their job and the family obligations. |
| 2. More Cost & Time Effective | | | | The single mothers who are interested to pursue a |
| In general, pursuing a degree online saves both time | | | | degree can take advantages of online education to |
| & money if compare to traditional campus-based | | | | earn their desired degree online. |
| degree programs. Although in some cases, online | | | | |