Right from working professionals to students who do not want morning classes are the right target for the online courses. You can find advertisements for such courses on TV, Radio and even online. You need to be self motivated and disciplined for doing an online course. UCLA has been offering this course right from 1996. But only a small segment has chosen to enroll with them. Such courses vary from 6 to 12 weeks and it’s done through reading material online and then posting responses. Keeping in mind the students who want to refresh their skills, Extension courses are provided. No special rule is applicable for online courses as far as they are meeting the guidelines and the academic content is proper. Online courses are convenient but it cannot substitute direct interaction. Online classes are structured in such a way that the lecturer releases weekly lectures and the whole class is not accessible to the students. Dailibruin.ucla.edu Reports:

He added that low enrollment is important for the effectiveness of the courses and that students can get a very high quality of education if there is a lot of interaction between student and instructor and also among students.

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