Online MBA

Remote management training is gaining more recognition. Although the "online-MBA» remains exotic item of data QS Quacquarelli Symonds ,  the number of students interested in obtaining a business education remotely, over four years increased from 4.4% to 15.6%. Many wonder: sachem spends time, money and effort to move to another country for the prestigious diploma when you can get all the necessary knowledge and skills, opening a laptop?   

"When I planned to enroll in the program MBA, I already had an interesting and promising work, so I decided to start building a working relationship and learned not remotely" - says an employee Slon Deutsche Bank Roman Chernov, who graduated from the program remotely IE Business School in Madrid.

Chernov said that if he had any doubts as distance education, in the course of study they are fully dispersed. On weekdays, he had to spend about two hours a day at the university forum, solving problems and doing homework - but in reality it often took twice as long. On weekends, he attended the lectures, which were broadcast in real-time, or make their own presentations. 

"I would in any case not call learning easy. The teacher actually assesses the posts on the forum - the school strictly monitor every statement, and if you do not participate in the weekly forum, this has a negative impact on the final score. I finished the MSTU. Bauman, but even in the disciplines related to mathematics and statistics, which I understand well, I had a hard time. “Among the disadvantages Chernov says only one. Many owners of diploma MBA believes that the main acquisition - not the theoretical knowledge, and communication with fellow students. But online education is eroding the advantage, although the majority of distance programs still include one or two coming to business school. "But the relationship is not as close as it could be after six years of studying and living on campus," - says black. The manager of Kazan Andrei Tavrin (he also received his MBA remote) I am not inclined to exaggerate this problem. Personally, it has, for example, there was no purpose to make new acquaintances. And those who really need them, well manage to establish communication and via Skype.

Demand creates supply - Today in the world there are already more than 300 remote programs MBA. How to choose? The easiest way - to study online course business schools earned the recognition of traditional education. It is unlikely that they would risk the reputation of offering low-quality program.

It is worth paying attention to the specialized ratings of online education. For example, the company recently held Quacquarelli Symonds study remote MBA programs. We studied only business school who fired at least one course and that are accredited by one of the three leading associations of business education (AACSB, AMBA, EQUIS). The study was compiled rating. Slon is the top five online programs.