DEVELOPMENT OF E-LEARNING IN DEVELOPING WORLD COUNTRIES WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE IN INDIA AND ITS FUTURE PERSPECTIVE

From ancient period India was famous for her universities and culture of different branches of arts-science- polity. Students from different countries visited India with aim for studying famous universities like Takshila, Nalanda, and Bikramshila so on. Not only India but also all over the globe education system was based on concepts of “Guru-Sisya”, “ Pir-Murid”, “ Master-Apprentice”, “Teacher-Student”. However, during late 20th and early 21st Century, human world witnessed remarkable advancement in information and communication technology sector. According to some scholars, this development can be seen as “3rd industrial revolution”. Education sector has been also affected and changed greatly by these advancements. E- learning/Distance learning is emerging trend of modern academia's-leaning can be defined as “Learning experiences in both synchronous and asynchronous platforms with internet access”. In Western World this E- learning system and facilities are not too new. J.Stor. Pro-Quest, Google scholar, Project Guttenberg, Y- Tube, Slide-Share etc provide open/paid access scholarly journals, books, power point presentations for quite long periods. In India, Indian Govt and semi- Govt. institutions are trying to provide e-learning facilities to their students as per their economic-technical capabilities. It is my aim in this study to analyses development of e-learning system in 3rd world countries with special reference of India and its future perspectives.