• It's fixed from 2018 JEE will be online.
• As per the rotation rule JEE advanced 2018 should be conducted by IIT Kanpur.
• Please be clear that no decision has yet been taken on introduction of short answer questions in JEE Advanced.
• One aspects which differentiate JEE from any other competitive exam is it's pattern, so don't expect instead accept.
• To address the fear or difficulties with accessing computers which rural candidates may have in taking the test online, JAB has set up a sub-committee to explore options of holding mock exams a week before the actual test so that rural candidates get acquainted with the new test pattern.
• It has been proposed that if necessary, these candidates from villages and rural areas will be allowed to appear in mock tests at the selected exam venues. The sub-committee will be set up under the guidance of IIT Kanpur, which will conduct the next IIT-JEE (Advanced).
• Till this year, examinees were allowed to take a copy of the optical response sheets back home as proof of their appearance in the exam. From next year, the computer will record the responses and a soft copy will be mailed to each candidate's registered email.
• Clear all your concepts, you will perform well irrespective of new rules.

ALL THE BEST

The test will be conducted in an online mode and there are no such changes announced from the officials. Also, I would suggest you to keep visiting the below provided website to know all latest updates for the same -

http://www.engineering.careers360.com/

Hope this helps!!!

IIT Kanpur, which is the exam conducting authority for Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced 2018 may do away with the existing exam pattern which carries only Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) in the national level engineering entrance examination for IIT admission. After the official announcement that JEE Advanced will be conducted in online mode by IIT Kanpur in 2018, it is reported that the paper of JEE Advanced 2018 may include short-answer type questions too.

There is no yet official notification regarding it. You can also check the details from the given below link

JEE Advanced 2018: IIT Kanpur may introduce changes in test pattern

Good luck!!