So today I am going to present a report revolving around the concept of online education, its rise in

india, its advantages and disadvantages and the reasons because of which its use should be
promoted in a country like India.

So starting with the concept: Online learning is education that takes place over the Internet.
However, online learning is just one type of “distance learning”

In india alone Number of students adopting online platforms for test preparation is expected to
increase significantly in coming years. Looking at the current trends, it is expected that online higher
education market will witness considerable growth in the next five years and aid in distance learning
programmes

Its various advantages include

Flexibility one can Learn from anywhere, at any time

• it Saves Money and Time

• facilitates Learn at your own pace

• there is some Recognition of online degrees

However some of its disadvantages include

Chances of distraction are very high

• Fraudulent Online courses

• Cannot do courses that require Labs/Workshops