Would you like to hone your professional skills from the comfort of your home or get a college degree without setting foot on campus?It sounds too good to be true?There are now thousands of online classes available on the World Wide Web and that number will soon mushroom into tens of thousands.For decades, students have turned to distance learning to further their ducational goals.From correspondence courses to tele-classes, distance learning has served the needs of people who cannot physically attend classes.With the explosion of information technology and the Internet, you can now have a virtual classroom right on your desktop.In most cases, to take a course you need only your computer, a web browser and Internet access.