Some universities now offer their course on the internet so that people can study online. Is this a positive or negative trend?

Nowadays, with the augmentation of technology, educational institutes have started offering courses over the

web

so that learners can study online. I believe

this

has a favourable impact, as it has enormous benefits in the form of

time

saving and cost effective

method

. The most prominent reason is that one can save his valuable

time

by studying over the internet. If, a learner chooses the conventional

method

of learning, he can attend the class at any given

time

in a day, according to his convenience; means he can utilize the rest of the

time

to do his daily chores. Studying online is

also

very beneficial for the working persons, as they can continue their study along with their respective jobs. For an instance, an eminent personality of cricket Anil Kumble went on to complete his Doctorate through internet from Oxford University, London, which would not have been possible with his profession, had there been no

such

facility of

web

learning.

Moreover

, learning over the

web

is much more cost-effective as compared to the traditional

method

of classes. As,

this

method

of learning includes no cost of commuting, hostel fares, books and so forth. Enrolling for the online courses

also

provides significant discount and offers to the economically weaker students and brilliant minds. Apart from

this

, learners can choose from a wide range of courses from free websites as well; requiring no fees of enrolment. To exemplify, there are numerous websites, namely Codecademy, Coursera, Khan Academy and many more, which provides free online courses in different fields

such

as

web

designing, cooking, dancing

etcetera

. To recapitulate, online courses might have any deficiencies;

however

, technological advancement of

web

courses offers a lot to the students as they can save their precious

time

and money by enrolling in these education programs.