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Dimapur, April 26 (EMN): Gone are the days when knowledge was limited to classrooms and lecture notes. Thanks to the internet, education is now accessible to a larger group of people who actively seek it and educational websites play a key role in providing relevant and updated information. There are mainly two kinds of educational websites:
(1) Provides information about entrance exams, courses, and career guidance.
(2) Provides educational materials and information.
Listed here are ten top educational websites that can help a student hone their skills and update their knowledge bank.
Shiksha.com provides complete guidance for MBA, MS, Engineering, Fashion designing and a variety of courses available in various colleges of India. It also has a forum that allows students to post career-related questions and receive answers from experts through a community known as Shiksha Cafe. The website also offers guidance and mock tests to prepare for courses abroad. It has a list of courses offered abroad, countries offering these courses and application process for the same.
JagranJosh is a website that offers educational information on Banking, Civil Services, MBA Entrance, SSC, etc. and is known for simplifying test preparation. It is also a rich repository of CBSE, JEE, IAS-PCS, SSC study materials. Students can prepare well for their exams by downloading Previous Year’s Question Papers or they can ask or answer questions on their interactive forum. Current affairs and general knowledge quiz provide information in a fun way.
Meritnation offers study materials designed specifically for the students of Class 1 to 12. Its Smart study feature offers videos, study materials, and textbook solutions for students. The website acts as a platform for live classes and online coaching for students of classes 4-12. The website’s Homework Help is popular for providing solutions for queries and doubts. Meritnation’s mobile app for Android and iOS users is available for download.
Admission News provides information regarding entrance exams, application dates, admission notices, scholarships and various career avenues. The website offers dedicated career counselling service and career-related info in fields like library science, fashion technology, biotechnology, engineering, law etc.
Coursera is keen to make education accessible to everyone. It offers free courses online from world’s top-class universities such as the University of Michigan, Princeton University, etc. Lectures are in series in the form of 15-minute long clips.
Open YALE Courses offers free and open access to various introductory courses, which are taught by scholars and notable teachers at Yale University. Moreover, all lectures are available in audio, video and in text transcript formats.
Academic Earth offers a wide range of academic options to student from traditional to current day studies and provides online degree courses from economics and accounting to engineering. In addition to this, it also has collaboration with many reputed colleges like Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Oxford, Stanford University and so on.
As compared to other websites, cosmolearning not only provides academic learning to students but also provides skill-based learning. Students can refer the provided material or else can enrol themselves in any of the 58 courses. This website includes mainly three options: courses, educational materials and documentaries and the subjects are divided into two sections namely academic and extra-curricular subjects.
Scitable is a free personal learning tool and science library focused on genetics, the study of evolution, variation and the rich density of living organisms.
Udacity, founded by four Stanford roboticists, is a free education website. It offers 11 courses related to Science and Mathematics and is free of prerequisites, deadlines, quizzes and other school stuffs which are irritating.
Minglebox.com provides complete information on various exams like CAT, MAT, CLAT, GRE, GMAT, etc. It also offers information on a range of topics including study in India, study abroad, distance education, college admissions and more. You can download ebooks and study materials for free and also take free mock tests to evaluate and improve your skills. (Source: Edsys.com)