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Thompson Direct is one of the first promoters of adult education. This organization was created by Thomas J. Foster in 1890-ies. before the Internet appeared. Thompson begins to compose programs for education at home for coal miners. With help of such programs those miners could learn engineering and management and achieve success in career ladder. When the efficiency of these programs became obvious, more then 13 million people began to use Thompson distance leaning programs.

Now Thompson Direct is PennFoster Career School, international career education provider. Except this institution, such organizations as Phoenix University and Kaplan University do the same job and all these three institutions are leaders in the sphere of direct online education.

Nowadays many schools and colleges provide online education programs, but nevertheless their main business is traditional real education and online programs are an addition. But there are some schools which work only with adult education. They are different because: they do not give traditional classes, their goal and their task is to teach adults and they are career-oriented.

And if you want to find quality online education, then check out about accreditation of the institution. It is very important. Chosen college or university must be accredited by special educational establishments; it depends upon level of education you want to take.