Distance education offers flexibility, especially for working professionals, who want to study further for career advancement without the constraint to location and time. A degree or diploma certification in law can be acquired through distance education.

There are many colleges in India which offer law distance education. Some are national universities while some are private universities. Here is a list of some recognized national as well as private universities offering distance education in law.

• Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Delhi,
• Annamalai University (Tamil Nadu)
• National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore,
• The Dr. Ambedkar Law University (TN),
• Kakatiya University (Warangal),
• Kurukshetra University (Haryana),
• Madurai Kamraj University (Madurai),
• Mahatma Gandhi University (Kottayam),
• SNDT Women’s University (Mumbai) etc

Many of these universities listed above offer two year courses, diploma course as well as short course of three months. There are various areas of specialization which you can choose while selecting your course.
These specializations in law are :

• Civic Law,
• Criminal Law,
• Administration,
• Cyber Laws and Intellectual Property Rights (copyright, Patents, trademark, design),
• Trade Law,
• Business Law,
• Medical law and Ethics,
• Human Rights Law,
• Environmental Law,

• Women and Law,
• Consumer Protection Law,
• Local Self-Government Law,
• Labor Law,
• Technology law,
• Securities law,
• ADR (Alternative dispute resolution).

Exams for Law distance education are conducted at respective campuses. The exams in a lot of cases are usually held for six days, out of which 5 days are theory papers, 1 paper a day. On the 6^th day viva’s are conducted for all the 5 subjects. Many colleges also have entrance exams for law distance education.

In the past few years India has observed a large number of students going abroad in order to get their higher education from various foreign universities. Getting education from foreign universities is very expensive and is not affordable to all. International distance education through foreign universities and colleges is a great alternative for students and other working professionals who wish to pursue higher education through various foreign Universities but are not able to go there due to some or the other reason.

Because of various counselors and other educational consulting firms the entire process of applying and getting admission in various foreign colleges and universities which provide distance education courses has become very simple and less tiring. This makes it easy for students and working professionals to get the International distance education degree with out too many hassles.

One more advantage that international distance education provides to students over the regular international education is that it enables students to get the benefits of having quality education at less expensive and more affordable prices. The availability of international distance education has enabled a lot of students to fulfill their educational ambitions. It also gives the learner a lot of choice and a wide variety of courses to choose from.

There are a large number of distance education courses which are made available by various countries. A few of these courses which are commonly preferred by the students in India are the Distance Education Courses in Australia, Distance Education Courses in UK, Distance Education Courses in USA, Distance Education in Courses in New Zealand, Distance Education Courses in Canada, Distance Education Courses in Ireland, Distance Education Courses in Mexico and many more.

Psychology Distance Education is a field which is now becoming popular day by day amongst the students all across the country. Due its increase in popularity, a number of institutes have started providing its students with the Psychology distance education course.

In today’s world where education has become a criteria based on which an individual is judged and assessed, many people prefer earning their degree while working.  It gives them an opportunity to complete their education and earn money at the same time. This is why a lot of aspiring Psychology professionals opt for Psychology distance education. Through this a student has the ability to support his own education by working for an organization.

Annamalai University provides students with an opportunity to work and complete their education at the same time by providing Psychology Distance Education. Annamalai University was established in the year 1979 and is considered among the best universities in India. There are a large number of other universities and institutes as well situated in various parts of the country which offer Psychology distance education courses.

Looking at the scenario in which the students are completing their education the exams are held in a number of locations. For Annamalai University examinations are held in Port Blair (Andaman), Dhanbad (Jharkhand), Ernakulum (Kerala), New Delhi, Kolkata (West Bengal), Mumbai (Maharashtra), Bangalore (Karnataka), Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh), Pondicherry, Vellore, Tirunelveli, Tiruchirappalli, Thiruvarur, Salem, Nagercoil, Madurai, Karaikudi, Erode, Dharmapuri, Coimbatore, Chennai and Annamalainagar. This allows the students to take the examination from any of the examination center suitable for them.

Psychology Distance Education allows an individual to complete his/her education form an esteemed Psychology college present in one corner of India and simultaneously work somewhere else and earn a living as well as support their education.

In times like these where multi tasking has become a necessity Psychology Distance Education provides a medium through which a person can do more than one thing within a particular period of time.

There is a growing popularity among today’s Indian students about B Ed Distance Education. Looking at this increase in the interest of many, various Universities across the country have started providing its students with this course.

Before looking at B Ed Distance Education courses first try and get the concept of distance education. Distance Education is an option through which a person can complete his/her education and still work for a firm. There is a growing tendency amongst the youth of today to have an option of working and completing their education at the same time. Through distance education one can achieve this.

Distance Education basically allows you to study in a university which might be present in one corner of India and still allow you to be working for an organization which might be present in another distant geographical area. It removes the Geographical and distance constraint which a student might face.

With the rising popularity among the Indian youth a number of institutions across India have started providing B Ed Distance Education. These include Allagappa University, Andhra University, Annamalai University, Awadhesh Pratap Singh University, Bangalore University, Directorate of Correspondence Courses, Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya, Berhampur University, Directorate of Distance Education, Bharathiar University, Bharathidasan University, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Gujarat Vidyapith, Jamia Millia Islamia, Institure of Post Graduate Studies and Research, Jiwaji University, Kakatiya University, University of Kerala, Institute of Distance Education, Kurukshetra University, University of Madras, Maharishi Dayananad University, Mother Teresa Women’s University, Patna University, Punjab Agricultural University and SNDT Women’s University.

With the rising popularity of B Ed distance education more and more universities are providing students with various courses. It ends up being a viable option for those who want to study in a particular institution but due to certain reasons cannot be present there in person.

In India or anywhere in world there are lots of computer courses available. Now-a-days people are most interested in completing their post graduation in Masters of Computer Applications (MCA). MCA distant course is profitable for the people who like to make them better in IT field without attending the lectures and continuing their professional life. Presently many colleges and educational institutes offer MCA through correspondence especially for the people who cannot leave their job. This is a 3 years course in many universities.

A person who has done Bachelor in Computer application (BCA), Bachelor of Science in IT (BSC-IT), BE (Bachelor of Engineer) or B Tech (Bachelor of Technology) in Computers or IT, B Com in IT (Bachelor of Commerce in IT) is eligible to seek admission in MCA. The eligibility also depends on the university or college; hence the students have to check with the MCA colleges for the details.

The MCA course in general covers following topics C programming, E-Commerce, OS, DBMS, Data Structures, Software Engineering, Computer Networks, Computer graphics, Multi media services, etc. In some universities 6 months internship is necessary.

There are many universities that offer distant MCA courses, which are as follows:

• University of Mumbai
  Institute of Distance Education
  Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Bhavan,
  Vdyanagri Campus, Santacruz (East),
  Mumbai-400 098.
  Phone: 022-2652 30 48
  Web Site: http://www.mu.ac.in/dist_edu.html

• Alagappa University:
  Alagappapuram, Karaikudi,
  Tamil Nadu-630003
  Phone: 04565-35205, 35206, 35207
  Email: alagappa@md3.vsnl.net.in
  Website: http://www.auce.8m.com/AU.htm

• Anna University:
  Centre for Distance Education,
  Anna University,
  Chennai-600025.
  Phone: 044 – 22203112, 044 – 64502506, 07, 08
  Email: distanceprog@annauniv.edu
  Web Site: http://www.distanceannauniv.org/index.html

• Amity School of Distance Learning
  Amity Campus, Sector 44
  Noida-201303.
  Phone: 1800-11-00-00
  Web Site: http://www.amity.edu/asodl/

• Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
  Delhi ’1′
  IGNOU Regional Centre
  52, Tughlakabad Institutional Area
  Near Batra Hospital
  New Delhi-110 062
  Phone: 011-6082715 / 6089078 / 6078354
  Email: ignourcd@nda.vsnl.net.in
  Website: http://www.ignou.ac.in

Many distance learning institutes in India offers engineering post graduate degree courses. M Tech (Master of Technology) can be done by the engineering students through distance learning in various manners and fields. The benefit of distance learning courses is that a working professional or a student can continue his/ her studies in technical field without attending lectures. It is also known as M tech correspondence.

M tech courses for distance education are available in various fields. The various M tech courses in are:

• M tech chemical engineering
• M tech civil engineering
• M tech computer science and engineering
• M tech mechanical engineering
• M tech electronics and communication engineering
• M tech engineering

The eligibility criteria for Distance M tech course is that a person should have a BE or B tech degree in Electronics, chemical, computer, mechanical, civil, etc. The students who want to apply for M tech must have BE or B tech from reputed college and there is some cut off percentage as a criteria.

The lists of universities and colleges offering distance M tech courses in different fields are as follows:

• Madhya Pradesh Bhoj (Open) University
  Red Cross Bhawan, Shivaji Nagar, Bhopal Madhya Pradesh-462016
  Email: mail@bhojvirtualuniversity.com
  Website: http://www.bhojvirtualuniversity.com/

• University of Burdwan
  Burdwan, West Bengal
  Phone: (+91)-342-532900
  Email: registrar@burdwanuniversity.ac.in
  Website: http://www.burdwanuniversity.ac.in/index.asp

• Sri Venkateshwar College
  64, Avalurpet road
  Tamil min nagar
  Tiruvannamalai-606601
  Tamil Nadu
  Phone: 04175-325097, 251123
  This college offers M Tech IT Distance Education

• The SIT Academy
  Address: b/45, sector 18, NOIDA
  Website: http://siteducation.org

• C.V Raman University
  Website: http://www.cvru.ac.in

Some of the universities offer courses that are similar to M tech in distance education. If there is some problem then a person can go for ME (Master of Engineering) or MS (Master of Science) in distance education.

M.com Distance education is a field of education where the students pursuing the M.Com distance education course are not physically present on the site. This type of facility is made available only to encourage students who cannot afford to waste time in attending lectures in the university premises. These types of courses are available at graduation as well as post graduation level.

There are many institutes in India and abroad that offer distance learning M.com courses. Students who have pursued graduation in commerce branch are eligible for this course. Students who are appearing for final year exams of B.com (Hons) are also eligible for the course.

Various universities like Alagappa University, Annamalai University, Andhra University, Bangalore University, Bharathiar University, Dr.B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Madurai Kamaraj University, and Vidyasagar University etc offer the courses. Mcom is completed in two parts .Economics, marketing, statistics are some of the subjects covered in first part and advanced financial techniques, project planning and management etc are covered in the next part

There are two types of techniques which are involved in imparting the education, Synchronous and asynchronous. Synchronous technique is the one in which all the students are present online at the same time. Various time tables are made to use the technique whereas in asynchronous technique all the students are not expected to be present at the same time. Facilities like email, cdrom, pocket pc etc are utilized. Testing material is sent to the student which they can read at their own leisure.

Students are required to complete the assignments and submit them back. It becomes fairly difficult to handle malpractices in this technique. Pursing M.Com through distance learning gives students a number of advantages. For students in India living in remote corners it becomes difficult to attend classes regularly.

The M.com Distance education courses also provide students the advantage to continue and finish their education along with their professional careers. Hence distance education has truly been a boon to students who believe in earn and learn ideology.

Distance education which is also referred as distance learning is one of the various fields of education that emphasizes on the technology and also the instructional systems whose sole aim is to impart education to students who are not capable of actually being present on the location.

Instead of attending the courses  personally,  students  and teachers can  converse at their own  times  which can be decided using  printed media like fax or electrical media like e-mails, sms etc, or also  by the use of other  methods  that allows them to converse in real time and also by using other online methods. A distance education lesson that requires a person to be physically present on the location for the reason of examination or any other purpose is considered as hybrid.

Journalism starts with Bachelor of journalism and mass communications (BJMC) which can be further extended to MJMC i.e masters of journalism and mass communication .The diploma courses offered are Freelance journalism, journalism and rural communication etc. Awadesh Pratap Singh University, Barkatullah University, Mahatma Gandhi Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, Nalanda Open University etc are some of the well known universities where these Journalism distance education courses are available. To pursue masters, bachelor’s degree and minimum experience of a year is necessary.

The duration of bachelors course is one year and masters course is also completed in a years time.   Specialized Journalism, The art of News Writing, Editing and Presentation, Principles and methods of public Relations and Advertisement, Journalism – Present and Future, Communication Research, Dissertation & Viva-voce etc are some of the subjects covered in the course.

Tests are conducted on regular basis with the help of technology like emails, cdroms, pocketpc etc.Student are expected to attend all the tests conducted. It provides students who work while they pursue education a platform to follow their dreams with minimal hindrances.

There are an abundant number of colleges and institutes in India which offer distance education courses to students all across the country. The number of these distance educational courses has increased significantly in the past few years. This has been mainly due to the increase in the demand of distance education or the correspondence courses.

These days, it’s not only students but also a large number of working professionals who enroll for various distance education programmes in order to enhance their degrees and knowledge. There are also cases of many students staying in remote areas taking up distance education as an option in order to complete their education. These courses are of great help to people who wish to study and work together at the same time.

There are a large variety of distance learning courses offered in various fields such as Arts, Commerce, Science, Engineering, Medicine, Architecture, Management courses, Law, etc.

Students can opt for various courses which can either be UG or the Undergraduate courses, Certificate Courses, Degree Courses, Diploma courses, the PG or the Post Graduate courses, the Post Graduate Diploma Courses as well as the Masters course.

A few of the many distance education courses available are:

• Master of Business   Administration
• Master of Science (Dietetics and Food Service Management)
• Master of Science (Hospitality Administration)
• Master of Arts (Hindi)
• Master in Computer Applications
• Master in Tourism Management
• Doctor of Philosophy in Library & Information Science
• Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Bachelor of Social Works
• Bachelor of Information Technology
• Bachelor of Tourism Studies
• Advanced Diploma in Tourism Studies
• Diploma in Creative writing in English
• Diploma in Early Childhood Care and Education
• Diploma in Nutrition and Health Education
• P.G. Diploma in Intellectual Property Right
• P.G. Certificate in Copyediting and Proofreading
• P.G. Certificate in Writing for Television
• Post Graduate Diploma in Distance Education
• Post Graduate Certificate in Radio Writing