Online courses are a good option particularly if you have a limited budget to further your studies or if you have other work and/or family commitments that restrict the amount of time you have available to study. You can find good online courses that provide quality training and allow you to work at your own pace. Having no deadlines but those which you set for yourself is a great advantage. Working on a course with a flexible schedule where your personal tutor can be contacted 24/7 or your coursework can be submitted whenever ready has allowed many of our students – teachers to complete successfully their TESL/TEFL Certificate course, further their knowledge and gain better prospects of employment.

Being certified will make you more marketable and it will also prepare you for the job.

Differences in course fees are not necessarily and indication of whether a course is good or bad. You should instead check the creditability of the course provider. You might like to check this page for tips on how to choose a good course.

Also check TEFLWatch.org. This is a site where TESL/TEFL courses and course providers are talked about, reviewed and rated. TEFLWatch warns about sham schools and dodgy employers and encourages honest opinions based on facts.

Hope this helps