專家表示 在線MBA教育時代即將來臨

There are signs that the online Master of Business Administration (MBA) could become the most popular option eventually.

有跡象表明，工商管理學碩士(MBA)在線教育最終可能成爲最受歡迎的選擇。

A growing number of teaching institutions and students are embracing qualifications that are delivered entirely or mainly over the internet. Online education is coming of age.

越來越多的教育機構和學生開始接受完全或主要通過在線方式取得的文憑。在線教育已經成熟。

Several factors have come together to drive this shift. They include the tightening of visa conditions in the UK and elsewhere, schools attempting to reach overseas markets, advances in teaching technology and the growing credibility of online degrees.

多個因素共同推動了這一轉變，包括英國等國收緊簽證條件、學校試圖進入海外市場、教學技術的進步，以及在線學位的認可度不斷提高。

"More and more people are used to being online and expect, in some ways, to be educated online," said John Colley, associate dean in charge of the MBA at the University of Warwick.

華威商學院負責MBA的副院長約翰·科利表示；“越來越多的人習慣上網並期待以某種方式接受在線教育。”

"The flexibility an online MBA allows is very attractive for a generation where time is constantly being squeezed and the demands of work heightened - you can fit the distance-learning MBA around your life," he added.

他還表示：“對於時間總是不夠用、工作需求變多的一代而言，在線MBA的靈活性極具吸引力——你可以根據自己的日程安排遠程學習MBA。”

Imperial College Business School launched its fully online global MBA (GMBA) in January 2015. Now, with 220 students enrolled, it is the London school's biggest course. Most GMBA students would not consider a conventional MBA, says David Lefevre, director of Imperial's Edtech Lab.

2015年1月，帝國理工商學院推出了完全在線的全球MBA(GMBA)課程。如今該課程有220名註冊學生，是這家位於倫敦的商學院人數最多的課程。帝國理工商學院教育技術實驗室主任戴維·勒費夫爾表示，GMBA的多數學生不會考慮傳統MBA。

"There is a growing proportion of MBA students who routinely work and collaborate online and across time zones," he says. "To these students, the blended approach is completely natural and it is the value of the purely face-to-face traditional MBA format that needs explaining."

“越來越多的MBA學生常常跨越時區、在網上學習和協作，”他稱，“對於這些學生來說，這種混合式方法的好處是不言而喻的，需要解釋一下的反而是純面對面式傳統MBA價值何在。”