Objectives of online education 

Online education provides freedom of time and space and allow participants to learn at their own pace,  to facilitate the delivery of education to remote locations, and to address more learners by reducing  costs.  

The general objectives are as follows: 

• To provide training opportunities to people (workers, students, trainees) following their  interests, abilities, age, work and geographical conditions; 

• To benefit from professionals in various places; 

• By providing each individual with the opportunity to learn at the pace and method of his/her  choice address, you can go beyond the limitations of traditional education; 

• Providing equality of opportunity in education. 

2.2 Which tools should be used for distance learning? 

Some notable learning platforms  

• KHANACADEMY: ‘Their mission is to provide world-class, free education to everyone,  everywhere.’ Khan Academy is a volunteer-run, non-profit organization that offers a wide range  of free online courses in mathematics, science, economics and finance, arts and social sciences,  computer science, and many other subjects that you can follow anytime, anywhere, for free.  

• COURSERA: In partnership with top universities such as Macquarie, Illinois, London, Stanford,  Duke University and others, Coursera offers free online courses. It requires you to pay a fee to  get a certificate. Their training includes exams, assignments and projects. There are online  trainings in language learning, health, data science, personal; 

• edX: it is the only leading open-source provider of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs),  providing non-profit online education with the world’s leading universities. It offers online  courses in engineering, psychology, marketing and more to people all over the world.  

• GOOGLE DIGITAL GARAGE: Consisting of 106 lessons, this platform prepared by Google  provides online training on digital marketing for free. When the training is completed, it allows  you to get a certificate. 

• MITOPENCOURSEWARE: ‘The idea is simple: publish all our course materials online and make  them widely accessible to everyone.’ MIT University opens its doors to the world through its  online education platform. It offers a unique opportunity to students and teachers by sharing  course content and lecture notes for the sole purpose of disseminating knowledge without any  profit motive.