As society becomes technologically more sophisticated, the knowledge base changes. Measuring educational inputs is shifting to measuring educational outcomes. People want to learn what they need to know, not what professors want them to know. Education and training are increasingly becoming lifelong processes and learners are having different expectations for and appreciation of the learning experience. They want to interact with the content materials as well as with the teacher and other class members and enjoy learning painlessly .
Online education has also the potential to improve time management skills of students.
Stronger self-motivation necessary and learners must take responsibility for participating in programs. For example, instead of memorizing information, students need to learn how to find information by themselves and need to be instructed in ways to develop strategies to uncover it. The control of education is shifting from the provider to the consumer. Schools are more and more competing for the interest of learners. Potential students will shop for institutions that provide the most efficient and most student-centered services, whenever the student needs them, with the highest quality and the lowest cost.