Pricing and Marketing an Online Course

Courses offered through college continuing education offices generally pay poorly, but the option exists to set the price as high as the market will bear. When more people have the equipment, basic online skills and understand the cost savings of not having to travel or reside elsewhere, and the convenience of taking a course from anywhere, interest in distance learning will boom, particularly that which can be delivered anytime, directly to the home. Teachers will be increasingly tantalized by the entrepreneurial potential good online teaching will create.

Many issues are still undefined, such as just how much money can be made, or how many online students a teacher can support.

Marketing
If you can teach more material with less effort and time spent than your competition, you're likely to succeed if you get the word out regarding your offering. A lone teacher attempting to promote an online class faces a difficult task. Partnering with colleges and other educational organizations and using the internet's potential for advertising will be a solution for many teachers.

Many forms of Virtual Universities are being proposed. Over 30 colleges now offer online courses with many offering complete degree programs with a minimum of residency time required.