ONLINE TUTORING: THE FUTURE IS HERE - In California, a middle school student, recovering from a long-term illness; who could not attend his school for long and cannot afford to go out for tuitions; checks his online tutoring website and schedules a class for his lessons and homework assignments. In Illinois, a busy professional who cannot speak Spanish, collaborates on an online tutoring website and registers for weekend classes to meet his business requirement of dealing with Spanish. A number of factors are driving the expansion of online education in the United States and around the world, chief among them being the growing demand for specialized knowledge in today's complex, information-based society. Not only is knowledge expanding but the ease with which it can be shared is becoming vital. Advances in digital technology, moreover, allow for much greater interaction with instructors and other students also allowing multimedia applications and real-time conversations for anyone with a reliable broadband connection to the Internet.