| | | | | The popularity of online tutoring has seen a steep |
| There was a time when students went miles to | | | | rise in US, UK, Canada, Australia and other |
| obtain that additional support from their tutors in | | | | developed countries, since the cost of traditional |
| order to achieve the required level of knowledge | | | | tutoring in such countries is relatively higher. Apart |
| to excel in their studies. Those days are now | | | | from this, students feel comfortable while learning |
| over. Over the years, the World Wide Web has | | | | online because of the flexibility of timing, one to |
| generated an online tutoring industry that lives off | | | | one based approach of study, classroom tutoring, |
| the worldwide education system – the way | | | | homework help, live chat, offline homework help |
| that tick birds live off the back of a rhino. Online | | | | and use of multimedia services. With a choice of |
| tutoring is a profusion of products and services | | | | services to choose from, an online tutoring |
| that teaches distressed students to learn the | | | | website connects students to tutors who will pop |
| secrets of the examination and raise their scores. | | | | on-screen in chat windows, day or night, to help |
| Help comes in the form of instant messaging | | | | students in grades 4 to 12 with core subjects |
| services such as Yahoo, AOL, MSN, etc., to | | | | from world history to English to physics. It works |
| conduct tutoring sessions with the students, not | | | | because students often get stuck on a particular |
| to mention the use of the VOIP, Power-Point | | | | problem and need the answer for homework or |
| presentation and flash movies and animations. | | | | for the next day’s test, and this way they |
| | | | | can get help immediately. |