The Next generation Education goes Online

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According to the National Centre for Education Statistics, more than 5 million students or 25% of all college and university students have registered themselves in online education courses.  11% of the students are enrolled solely in online education courses while 14% are registered in some traditional and some online education courses. Since online learning offer students greater flexibility as to time and place and adding to it, the lower cost than traditional teaching. So, online learning which is highly demanding now is a very good alternative to regular on-campus classes. Previously the college authorities were skeptical about the future of online study. But given the recent data reports, the educational experts are incorporating online study provisions to their portfolio of offerings to expand their revenue streams.

Online learning has taken many various forms. Like- video-based, activity-based, self-paced, scheduled, learner-centred, instructor-based, modularized, unchunk or synchronous or asynchronous and this is how online learning programs are becoming profit-centres.

Online learning provides easy accessibility to their students to new majors as well as well as earn a foreign degree irrespective of visiting the country. Keeping in mind the requirements of modern generation students various online diploma courses U.K are available to provide greater access to education. On-line courses will continue to expand access to education to those who doesn't have any time nor money to attend a traditional on-the-ground class as well as well as to those who prefer this new tradition and even to areas where traditional education is hard to attend. Thus, online learning provides a traditional brick and also mortar institutions with the ability to broaden their curriculum. 

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An innovative, social approach

To fight against the loneliness of distance education, online courses gives a lot of emphasis on both virtual interaction and unlimited participatory learning. An exciting and innovative social approach involves challenge learning. A student interacts individually with instructional software, be it with practice problems or learning exercises or instructional activities. Forms of interaction includes- chat rooms, webinars, peer monitoring and whiteboard sessions and collaboration of joint projects.

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Discovery Learning

In this type of online learning, an instructor is not only an instructional designer but also a coach and a mentor. Here, the courses can be completed on the student's own schedule, i.e., the students themselves can undertake the learning journey independently where online courses do not need to accommodate to a single start date. Here, they can self-regulate and set their own goals.

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MOOCs 

Around 10% of higher education institutions concerned with the practice of best online studying and teaching known as MOOCs (massive open online courses), like-edX, Udacity and Coursera provide access to many online courses from some of the best faculty and institutions in the world. Many current MOOCs feature a “transmission” and standardized “one-size-fits-all” model of pedagogy, in which information flows one way from an instructor to a student. It empowers faculty to experiment and innovate. Most of the MOOCs are about content transfer instead of reflexive learning and a student’s creation of knowledge. But, many number of present MOOCs emphasize active learning, through interactive laboratories, serious gaming, and virtual reality environments, and embrace connectivity and constructive pedagogic that make students active participants in the learning process.Only 8% of higher education institutions currently offer MOOCs.

All will agree that the experience of taking a course on-line versus a classroom lesson is different and both types should continue to be offered. The day will soon come when we will not distinguish courses by their teaching modules and employers and others will not ask whether the program was on-line or in person.
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