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Online Masters Degree Programs in Accounting

Electronic commerce, known as the (email marketing) e-commerce or electronic commerce consists of buying and selling goods or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks. The volume of trade conducted electronically has grown extraordinarily wide use of the Internet. The use of trade is conducted in such a way that stimulates and drawing on innovations in electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory systems, as well as automated data collection systems. Modern electronic commerce typically uses the World Wide Web at least at some stage of the life cycle of the transaction, although it can encompass a wider range of technologies such as electronic mail, as well.

A large proportion of electronic commerce is carried out entirely electronically for virtual items such as access to premium content on the web site, but most electronic commerce involves the transport of physical objects in some way. Internet shopping is sometimes called E-merchants and online retailers are sometimes referred to as E-tail. Almost all the major retailers have electronic commerce presence on the World Wide Web.

E-commerce that is conducted between businesses called "business-business or B2B. B2B can be open to all interested parties (eg commodity exchange) or limited to specific, pre-selected participants (private electronic market). E-commerce that is conducted between businesses and consumers, on the other hand, it is called "business-to-consumer or B2C. This type of e-commerce conducted by companies such as Amazon.com.

E-commerce, is generally considered selling aspects of e-business. It also consists of data exchange to facilitate the financing and payment aspects of transactions.

Are you eligible?	You are eligible if you hold a 4-year bachelors degree or equivalent
How much does it cost?	Range ($10,000 to $25,000)
How long does it take?	Online, it can take less than 1 year
Degree Title	M.A. (Masters in Arts) M.S. (Masters in Science) Specific: Business (MBA; M.S. in Business) Education (MEd; MAT; MSEd) MSW (Social Work) MLS (library sciences) MPH (Public Health)
What it leads to?	Some masters degrees lead are terminal. This means that no further education is available. Examples of such degrees are M.A. in Fine arts. Other Masters degrees either lead to a career directly or make the candidate qualify for the doctoral degree program.