The concept of online education has become a much familia concept owing to the fact that it is one of the only means through which education is being provided to the students along with several associated benefits. Online education has also led to an increase in the popularity of online courses based on which has now become possible for students to find online courses that will best support their interest. It is important to highlight that there are several platforms to create and sell online courses available on the web, each providing a distinct type of support to the students ensuring that their educational objectives are effectively met. The increasing demand for online courses along with online education has also led to the development of a new market economy considering the case of the Indian educational sector. It is important to highlight that education is considered to be one of the largest markets in the Indian sector owing to the different kinds of students that are found in the economy. There are students who belong to schools and colleges as well as students who are preparing for competitive examinations along with professional students. Each of the students have a different set of criteria present regarding what kind of online courses required so that their learning process can be effectively supported. In the last few years with the sudden start of online education initially there have been a lot of issues present regarding supporting all of these students at once. since the Indian educational sector is mostly traditional with schools and colleges being where the education was being provided to the students by the teachers. Moreover, only a few companies were present who were providing online education before the covid-19 pandemic happened. However, after the covid-19 pandemic and even today there has been several new platform to sell courses online developed to Cater to the needs and requirements of different kinds of students in the market.
It is important to understand that the Indian sector houses one of the largest populations in the world thereby making it important to find employment opportunities for its population. the start of the online education sector has led to the development of a new market economy where several private companies as well as new entrepreneurs have come together to to develop courses for students that will cater to the needs and requirements and provide them with the necessary support to make education interesting and exciting to be a part of for the students. Therefore this has led to an increase in employment opportunities thereby ensuring that Better support can be provided to the economy in the form of an increase in the gross domestic product. It is important to highlight that the government also has played a very significant role in providing support to these Industries by providing subsidies in the tax rates and also encouraging students to become a part of the online education revolution. One of the major advantages that can be highlighted with online education is the fact that it uses modern technology thereby providing better opportunities to the students to have a better understanding of the same and thereby increasing their proficiency. It is also important to highlight that Modern Technology has provided students with an opportunity to take part in an engaging and interactive classroom that fosters creativity and innovation and pushes the students to their limits. It is a combination of all these factors together that has made online courses along with online education to become so popular.
Role of the educational institutions
It is important to address that the education Institutions can play a significant role in encouraging the students towards undertaking these online courses as it will provide them with better support in the classroom. When it becomes difficult for students to have a better understanding of several concepts in the classroom because it is not possible for teachers to provide one-on-one attention in a large class. In such situations undertaking an extra online course will ensure that the students can have that doubt cleared easily and thereby become more effective in the classroom.
