Abstract:
In this era of 21st century, education plays a prominent role which paves the path towards the
growth and development of any nation. Distance Education is a method of teaching where the
instructor and learners are separated by time and or physical distance. E-learning is naturally
suited to distance learning and flexible learning. Distance Education in the form of e-learning
is the only way to reach the larger pitcher in this field. The presence of world-class education,
India has been a major role to play in the international e-learning services industry; though
some development efforts are taking place in developing countries, like India. The Indian
government has been conducting much number of e-learning programmes through distance
mode. However, everything has its pros and cons, India also not exempted. Even though there
are some drawbacks in the system of Distance Education and there is a need to examine and
review the present system, whether the larger number of people benefit from it or not. In this
context, this paper concentrates on the Indian education scenario, e-learning content
preparation and presentation tools, and application of e-learning to spread education to the
remote areas, pros and cons of e-learning and future of e-learning in India. For this purpose,
analytical and descriptive method was adopted and analyzed with the source of secondary data.
A few suggestions have been made to use e-learning in distance education system, which is
highly effective for a developing country like India where most of the population is living in
rural areas and has received almost negligible formal education. The present paper aim creates
an efficient platform for the enhancement of e-learning knowledge in the field of distance
education
