Education has become a primary need for a human. As education is gaining prominence the tuition fee and other expenses relevant to education is growing year by year. Recently education has taken a new dimension which is “Online Education”. Many universities have started online education. Some of the popular universities which have online education courses are UC Berkeley, Tufts University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Carnegie Mellon’s, Johns Hopkins University and University of Washington Computer Science & Engineering. This article shows the major reason behind why the colleges/schools have started go green.

• Flexibility

Flexibility is one of the major advantages of online education. Various courses like business administration, criminal justice, nursing, computer and information technology, health care, psychology, education, communication etc are available. You can choose the course as per your wish. You can login and study at anytime you wish. However certain seminars might have deadlines. You should take care about the deadlines and complete the task within the stipulated time.

• No discrimination

There is racial discrimination in some nations, discrimination in the form of gender etc. Online education helps to overcome all this sorts of discrimination. Anyone with a strong desire to learn can under a course online. The online courses are accessible to everyone. The only primary requirement is the internet connection. Most of the university conducts online class by video lectures or by uploading study materials in the form of PDF.

• Low expenses

The expenses spent for online education in considerably low when comparing to traditional education. This is because students who wish to pursue education in their mother country or abroad may need lot of money for their tuition fee, accommodation cost and various other miscellaneous expenses. Online education helps in reducing these expenses considerably.

• Comfort

Online education definitely comes under ones comfort zone. This is because if you are an employed person you can still pursue online education. You can work by the same time you can enhance your knowledge by pursuing some online education courses. However this requires time management, sincerity and balancing both education and work.

Many popular universities have started online courses and still bringing out many exciting courses for students. Online education has started gaining prominence recent years. Few years down the lane many students will start to opt for online education. Thus I hope that this article has furnished the reasons why the colleges/schools started go green.