Report

On

ONLINE EDUCATION

By
Ritika Sharma
(2711418118)
B.Voc(Software Development)
Bhai Parmanand Institute of Business Studies, New Delhi
October 18,2020
 Report
on
ONLINE EDUCATION
Prepared for
Mrs. Meenakshi Mathur
B.Voc Department

By
Ritika Sharma (2711418118)
student
B.Voc(Software Development)
Bhai Parmanand Institute of Business Studies
New Delhi
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisor, my
professor Mrs. Meenakshi Mathur for her constant support and
valuable guidance. Also, I wish to appreciate my colleagues for
discussions and communications.
I want to thank the authors of available books and articles for
necessary information.
Ritika Sharma
Bvoc software development

ABSTRACT
Online education is electronically supported learning that relies on
the internet for teacher/student interaction and the distribution of
class materials. Because of its new features and possible ways of
teaching, it has opened new doors and endless opportunities of
learning. Yet, this new system is pouring difficulties for many
students. This brings good times for businesses and start-ups but, still
requires few adaptations.
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgement
Abstract
1. Introduction 01
2. Growth of e-learning 01
3. Impact in India 02
4. Traditional education vs e-learning 03
5. New Market and start-ups 04
6. Recommendations 05
Bibliography
 INTRODUCTION
Online education is administrated over internet and often referred as
e-learning. It can divided in several categories depending on the
amount of online learning incorporated in the course, ranging from
traditional face to face learning to blended learning to exclusive
online courses. This system is highly beneficial as you can do many
courses at a time, with availability of all related information in one
click. Professionals can learn new skills and get more opportunities.
Students can sharpen their knowledge. Asynchronous classes have
made learning easier as students can now save their lectures and can
use them for revision any time later. It provides wide scalability and
is efficient. Reduced costs of lectures is bringing large number of
learners to e-learning.

GROWTH OF E-LEARNING
E-learning began in early 2000s but gained momentum in last decade.
As the internet reaching all sectors of society, e-learning became
popular since its convenient nature. There are numerous online
learning platforms such as Udemy, Coursera, Lynda, Skillshare that
serve millions of people. It has exponential growth in educationally
constricted areas. In US alone, the number of students undertaking
an online course has risen 6600% in the last decade. Same trend has
been observed in all part of the world.

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2020 has been the year of maximum growth due to a global
pandemic.

IMPACTS IN INDIA
The e-learning market in India was worth 247 million US dollars,
covering around 1.6 million users in year 2016. It is expected witness
an 8X growth to reach USD 1.96 billion and the current users base will
grow at 44% CAGR to 9.6 million users by 2021.
Tuition culture is prevalent in India with estimates of over 71 million
students taking tuition to support their school education. Online
education is emerging as a great supplement for tuitions in India.
Here, 9.72% of organizations believe that e-learning puts them at a
competitive advantage.

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Percentage of users adopting online courses.

TRADITIONAL EDUCATION Vs E-LEARNING

Over last decade, online sector has undergone unimaginable number
of changes. The current options are infinite but, not all of them are fit
for a students.
The benefits for online study are flexibility, commodity and
customized learning experience. It also provides a wide selection of
courses and access to didactic material from any place, anytime. Its
highly cost effective.
It also have some disadvantages, which includes a need for
compromise, motivation, and self discipline. Students also face the
lack of technological equipment and a good internet connection
especially in rural areas.

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Traditional education is still strong in India. It provides a feeling of
sociability and solidarity. It also makes students better with the
ability to work in groups. Traditional education is also available in the
deep rural areas which make it their only source of education.

Somehow, schedule stiffness, higher costs not only of money but

also of time are disadvantages of traditional education. Students also
sense loss of individualization in a large group of students. They also
face less and more expensive didactic material.

NEW MARKET AND START-UPS

The online education is segmented into primary and secondary
supplementary education, test preparation and reskilling and
certification, higher education language and causal learning. The
global academic e-learning market size was 103.8 billion in 2019 and
expected to grow at a CAGR of 11.23% during 2020-2025.

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 Whereas in India, online education was valued at INR 39 billion and
expected to reach INR 360.3 billion by 2024.

Various e-learning start-ups and their popularity.

RECOMMENDATIONS
Despite of various advantages of online education, they are
still mainly constricted to urban areas.
• Availability of internet in rural areas should be increased so as
to make e-learning efficient for students and professionals.
• More number of courses should be included under the online
platform so that all students can be advantaged.
• One to one interaction should be more personalized for
making schedule discipline.
• Reduction of costs of online courses and programs.

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 Bibliography

• www.elearningindustry.com
• www.forbes.com
• www.efrontlearning.com
• www.buisnesswire.com
• www.praadisedu.com