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A Virtual Classroom is a learning environment created in the virtual space. The objectives of a Virtual Classroom are to improve access to advanced educational experiences by allowing students and instructors to participate in remote learning communities using personal computers; and to improve the quality and effectiveness of education by using the computer to support a collaborative learning process. Online teaching opens up the window to the world of knowledge through a tried and tested methodology. It allows easy access, to help the students get a deeper and dynamic understanding of subjects. And the broadband penetration adds limitless opportunities to learn at a convenient time & place.

There are a number of Virtual classrooms across the globe but there. Some of them picking momentum are Elluminate, Global Scholar and WiZiQ. A virtual classroom is a platform which provides complete freedom of learning. It is equipped with live audio-video communication, chat, content sharing, and session recording capabilities. Some of the virtual classrooms require downlaods like second life, elluminate and Global Scholar whereas some work online like Wiziq.com since they work with any web browser and on any operating system. Like the web added a new facet to knowledge and connectivity, virtual classroom uses the same phase to add a new dimension to knowledge and its acquisition.

The explosion of the knowledge age has changed the context of what is learnt and how it is learnt – the concept of virtual classrooms is a manifestation of this knowledge revolution.