Role of Online Education in Indian Rural Area

Online education courses follow the same principles of teaching and testing as classes and books, they offer more features to enhance the retention of the material, often at a less expensive cost. Online education is a combination of learning services and technology to provide high value integrated learning, anytime, anyplace, and anywhere. In online education, students are no longer restricted to locally available courses and programs. This is particularly beneficial to rural students who might not otherwise have access to specialized courses that can enhance their career readiness. This paper concentrates on the online education scenario in Indian rural area, scope of online education, online education tools, benefits of online education, and future of online education. A few suggestions have been made to use online education for informal and vocational training, which is highly effective for a developing country like India where a majority of population is living in rural areas and has received almost negligible formal education.