Essay On Online Learning

Introduction

Before the advent of Digital age and Technical developments, Distance learning was in mode of correspondence courses in between 1890s- 1920s, and the early E-learning was done by broadcasting by radio or television. But now, the learning is happening in many modes, online or e-learning especially through MOOCs, distance education, and open learning opportunities.

The online learning is in vogue nowadays, and it has become more and more practical oriented method in honing the language skills. Most of the traditional universities all over the world have come forth to share their courses online for free to the great extent. Naturally, it represents an easy and comfortable method to garner knowledge in almost every field, from law and to accounting, from mathematics to science, arts to humanities and management, even subjects such as economics, commerce, psychology, sociology and history. Online learning is one of the best alternatives to traditional universities, and for the students; especially for the learners who can’t afford the time and money to take real courses. It is likely to be used widely in English language learning.

The keen anticipation of the growth would be exponentially high in the future. It would not be a surprise in the complete revamp of the traditional method of learning. Let us examine the scenario in terms of growth. Initially Edx introduced 94 courses from 29 institutions across the globe in2013. Within no time, Coursera started offering around 325 courses. The percentage of each branch is shown in figures: Sciences 30%, Arts and Humanities 28%, information Technology 23%, business 13%, and Mathematics 6%. Udacity introduced 26 courses. A meteoric rise witnessed in the number of courses within a short span of 3 years. As on January 2016, Edx exponentially offered 820 courses, courser offered 1580 courses and Udacity offers more than 120