In recent years E-Learning is receiving greater popularity in India; it is commonly known as the Online Education. The survey conducted on Online Education in India shows that the students of this mode do better than those who are opting for regular mode. Most of our Universities/Colleges are offering different course through this manner. Online Education doesn’t have a long history in India.

This is as young as the advanced IT technology in India. In this mode students get the guidelines through internet.  Now Online Education can be seen as the future of education. In the future, virtual classrooms will take the position of today’s conventional classrooms. At that time the students only need internet connections to pursue their degree. The colleges need a single room to run various courses.

Online Education receiving greater popularity

In India so many programs are offered through online, but among these some are very popular. Most candidates register themselves for the online education for bachelor course, masters’ degree and even for doctoral programs in India.

The online education helps the students to have a career in schooling profession also. Many professionals opt for this mode as to have higher degree in their field, while working. The online mode of education provide the same knowledge and experience that of the on-campus mode. And this makes the student to be competent and move further with their career option.

Today people are running short of time and give much importance to money. The E-learning help students to adjust their time schedule according to their comfort level and convenience, which was previously not possible through on-campus training or conventional way of education. So this is a good way to save time in this hasty world. But aspirants need to take care of one thing. They must make sure to obtain maximum output through this way of learning. Otherwise you can’t give assurance to your investments. The E-learning has achieved its heights within a small period of time. Some of the reasons are discussed bellow.

What is so special about E-Learning?

Convenience is one of the important factors regarding the online education. Students can take in instructions and knowledge at their own comfort space through E-Learning. There is no constraint of, to be in brick-and-mortar place in a specific time schedule. Your classroom is anywhere you want it to be. The program is so flexible that you can have your classroom at any time, irrespective day, night or the early mornings. Some students choose the late night studies but some go for the early morning. The program is so customized that there is no intervention of others interest. It is purely your own program, if something matter, it is only your convenience and comfort.

The Online learning also provides you a platform to get a good contact and connect with people across the country. Because the program is open to all the citizens and your course mates are from different parts of the nation. There are many people working abroad opting for these programs. The course is opened to everybody irrespective of their age, caste and gender.

The cost of the program is reasonably lesser than that of the regular mode. Another advantage for this program is your learning is not restricted to a certain place. If you have to move from one station to another there is no cost involved and you can continue your learning without any hurdles. This attracts most of the working professionals to E-Learning program.

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Learning Methodology

Another specialty about E-Learning program is the learning methodology. The students get the necessary guidelines and instructions from the internet and they can adopt their own way of learning. They are also opened to the live discussions, records and documents.  Most of the quarries and doubts of the students are cleared through e-mails or through the official site of the college/universities.

This program allows the students to work on their interested area without any intrusions and they will get the course materials in various forms. They will get the timely and necessary feedback from the concerned authorities and this will help the students to improve further in the area. The exams are also conducted in the online form; this will also be very feasible to the candidates.

The job market also accepts the online degree as equivalent to the on-campus degrees. Most of the students have no problem in getting the first job with the online certificates. During the economic crisis many of the post graduate aspirants found problem in affording the regular program.  At this time the Online Education found to be a very good alternative for pursuing the degrees. These are some factors which makes the online education a smart option for the aspirants.

Some issues and concerns

The critics found some problem to digest this type of education in India. The main reason shown for this is the effectiveness of the E-Learning and the output. The students only get the instructions from the virtual medium and they can adopt their own way of learning. The problem in this, the students may create some fault image about these concepts without understanding the core and in future it will be difficult to direct them into the right mode. The communication is also through the internet and this will not be effective when it comes to the doubt clearing sessions. Also not all the employers accept the online certificate when it comes to employment. Another drawback for the program is that, in India not everyone is exposed to unlimited IT facilities. These are some point that conventional education still prevails against the E-learning program.

But these points are not enough to cut-down the increasing popularity of Online Education. People in every stream find this as a better option when it comes to the higher education. The national and international universities are coming into the E-learning platform. IGNOU, Symbiosis, DU and JNU are the prominent players in this field. These days’ aspirants found tight competition to get admission into the online education mode. Now in India every sector of education opened to the online education stream and the certificate holder get better career options and opportunities to move ahead. This can be viewed as the influence of the information technology in the social life and thereby creating a future trend.