PROS and CONS and SCOPE of ONLINE COURSE PLATFORM in INDIA

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PROS and CONS and SCOPE of ONLINE COURSE PLATFORM
in INDIA
Why Online Educational Platforms are the
needed? The Indian education system has undergone
numerous significant changes over the past
decades. Today the focus is more on providing
practical knowledge applicable in real life
scenario rather than making the students mug up
the concepts, theories and definitions without
actually knowing their meaning and
implementation. The one thing that has played a
critical role in bringing about this drastic
change is the advent of online courses or
E-learning. However, most modern schools and
other educational institution have adopted a
method that combines traditional classroom
teaching with various online programs to help
enhance the knowledge and understanding of
students. Scope of the Online Learning Platforms
in India The online courses platforms in India
have opened the door for number of opportunities
to attain knowledge anywhere anytime with the
boost in the scope of online education in India.
Through this technical reform the interaction is
enhanced, this aptly indicates how the
introduction of this platform has been
revolutionized.
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• According to a recent study in a global level
  online learning program, India has acquired
  second highest number of online courses
  enrolment. Thus, it proves to be a golden
  opportunity for many who want to be part of this
  race. This sector is expected to grow in future
  due to rapid growth in enrollment rates in such
  programs. Secondly, technological innovation is a
  helping hand for this sector to balance the
  supply and demand ecosystem. Digitalization has
  helped to improve the quality of education and
  has made it easy for both student and teacher to
  learn and teach as per their convenience.
• Some of the best Online educational Platforms
  are
• YouTube Vast number of videos are present on the
  platform. The youtubers like Khan Academy has
  changed the way topics were explained.
• Unacademy The number of teachers giving classes
  on this platform has increased over the years. A
  student of any class can find the relevant
  teachers and start studying. The benefit of
  online educational platforms is that the choice
  is plenty.
• Udemy For graduates and post graduates Udemy
  provides courses that covers vast subjects. The
  easy to use platform and various choices for
  teachers make it one of the best online learning
  platform.
• Pros and Cons of the Online Education
• Due to the inevitable hindrance, there has been a
  growing need of introducing online educational
  platform. Though traditional education system of
  brick and mortar still has its own significance,
  but, E-learning or an online course provides
  more convenience then the former. Where you only
  need availability of smart phone and a good
  speedy internet connection facility.
• Pros of the Online Education
• Online education or online courses are way much
  cheaper than offline mode of education.
• It saves time of commuting, money we pay as fare
  and most importantly energy of students we
  invest to attend offline classes. By this we can

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• effectively work more and allocate much time to
  pursue other activities. Thus, it is time and
  cost effective.
• Learning has no age with the introduction of this
  platform where from a school student to adult
  person can study any suitable course. Even a far
• living person who does not have facilities like
  school/college/institutes and cannot come to
  cities can pursue education in order to achieve
  their goals. Thus, it proves to be efficient
  accessibility.
• It allows women, downtrodden classes, and
  deprived people to achieve
• education and challenge the traditional
  ideologies and norms by breaking the barriers
  both geographically and socially.
• It helps in imparting knowledge to physically
  disabled people. Those who
• cannot step outside due to any form of disability
  can open the doors of learning at home and can
  procure degrees, diplomas and build their career
  online courses effectively.
• Online educational platforms offer more
  individual attention and you meet people from
  diverse culture.
• Online courses impart you real world skills with
  top class educator.
• Online courses have so many features to help each
  and every student
• whether it is queries or doubt. There is a
  feature of chat room, comment facility, e-mail
  etc to facilitate effortless learning.
• Cons of the Online Education
• Lack of social interaction - social interaction
  is necessary to build a healthy social life and
  with online learning we have to forgo the
  opportunity to socialize.
• The digital divide the major challenge in
  virtual learning is disparity in access to
  electricity, internet connection and lack of
  Smartphones and computers is very vast. Many
  people do not have access to required device and
  internet connection especially in rural India.
• Smartphone other devices both mobile and
  computer are preferable for attending lectures.
  But only 25-30 Indian owns a Smartphone which
  supports the application of virtual learning.
  Only 11-15 of household
• possess any type of computer, tablets, palmtop
  etc.

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• Access to internet India where access to the
  internet is pitifully low, the access to
  internet facility is only confined to 27 of
  Indian household. While 66 of Indias
  population lives in villages, only a little over
  23 of rural households have access to internet
  connection. For urban household the proportion
  is 42.
• Among the poorest 20 households, only 2.7 have
  access to a computer and 8.9 to internet
  connection. In case of the top 20 households,
  the proportions to have access to a computer
  27.6 and 50.5 to access internet connection.
• Online courses are easier to procrastinate and it
  becomes burden if you do not learn
  simultaneously. These courses give you more
  freedom, perhaps
• more than you can handle.
• Online courses require good time management
  skills.
• A conductive environment for study is necessary.
  While 37 of households in India have one
  dwelling room.
• Online courses do not have an instructor
  hounding, to keep you motivated and focused
  towards your study.
• It can make children addict of technology and
  excess use of technology can
• impact the mind health of young adults.
• Technology is the way ahead
• There has been a significant shift from thinking
  digital to being digital and it has probably
  blessed us with many advantages to internet-based
  courses, but we need to be more developed to
  accelerate the pace of online learning. There are
  several steps required to revamp the existing
  structure of online learning.
• Also, what is need is to devise a quality
  benchmark for education. Urban, rural and
  underserved hinterlands should be provided equal
  platform to serve growth in overall development
  of educational structure. This sector will surely
  grow in near future due to many factors
  associated with it. Government should also
  encourage startups to come up with new ideas and
  start their business in this growing sector.