One of the better ways to eradicate lack of proper education facilities in large sized countries is Distance Learning Education. Many of the third world countries lack the required minimum infrastructure for higher education. Countries like India and China face similar obstacles in establishing the infrastructure. A big hurdle in doing so is the geographical barrier. In multi cultural country like India, language and social barriers are also there. India has been suffering from poor infrastructure for higher education since independence. However, there is hardly any lack of human resource in the country. The huge population has given the chance to explore the wide gamut of human resource pool. In this way, India beats even China as the number of youth below 25 is far more in India than in China.

In order to utilize this huge human pool overcoming the geographical, social and language barriers, Distance Learning Education has been a very effective way out. Here the challenge remains to reach out regularly to all the students in rural and difficult to reach corners of the country. However, with internet today penetrating deep into the rural villages, it is also possible to access the connectivity at all parts of India. What the institutes of distance education are aiming at are giving away laptops with internet connectivity. Only thing that deters this at present is the cost involved, since most of the students coming for distance education are from a rural background. Also the internet connectivity is not equally strong in all nook and corners of India even today. Since authorities are working hard to make that happen, it is a dream soon to be realized to have great internet access from all parts of the country.

Another challenge in distance education is the course content. Since there is lack of direct contact with the student, it is important to spell out the course content in an accurate way for each subject. The objective of each subject and its included sections are to be well documented. They should be as lucid as possible for the learner in terms of language. This is a hurdle for technical subjects as sometimes it is difficult to have lucid enough language for the technical terminologies.

In that respect, MBA in Distance Education has been a better and easier option for the faculties as well as students. Being a subject of its kind, MBA in Distance Education can have course content with extremely easy language and understanding. There have been a lot of varieties in this field, like Human Resources, Operations, Finance and Education Management. Newer streams for specialization under this field have been ever growing. This is perhaps the most popular of all distance courses. The number of institutes offering such degrees has also been on the rise. The cost involved is low, and most importantly, it is easier to get industry exposure through internships. There is a need for many good managers in the countrys manufacturing bases, and thus the students get easily absorbed for jobs too.