Some universities offer online courses as an alternative to classes delivered on campus. Do you think this a positive or negative development?

Nowadays, many universities are offering

distance

learning programs to students as an alternative to the classroom coaching. There are various merits of

distance

learning, and it

also

comes with several demerits. Both the

advantage

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advantages

and disadvantages are elaborated

further

. It is unquestionable that there are several benefits of

distance

education. The most prominent one is, pupils can

study

at their own convenient

time

and do not need to adjust their

study

time according

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time, according

to the schedule of regular class as most of the

distance

learning program provides online material which can be accessed at any

time

and place, give freedom to the student to learn according to their comfort.

Furthermore

, it

is more economical compare

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compares more economical

is more economical compare

to regular classes and can be pursued by students from weak financial background. Because, material

are provided

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is provided

in soft copy, as well as, no physical class is essential to

study

which reduce the cost of

course

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the course

.

Besides

, jobholders who want to

study

further

for better future opportunities do not need to quit their current job for

study

.

On the other hand

, the disadvantages of

distance

education cannot be overlooked.

Firstly

, there is a lack of personal guidance from the tutor. By

this

, I mean that in

this

learning method, the standard teaching process is followed by university, and no personal guidance is provided, which are essential in the process of learning.

Secondly

, some

time

student

procrastinate

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procrastinates

their

study

without any unavoidable reasons.

As a result

, they get their degree late and might miss the opportunity of a job.

Finally

, when learners learn with other students in the class, they not only get an education from

books but

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books, but

also

learn

co-operation

joint operation or action

cooperation

with other students and get practical knowledge of a subject by experimenting theory in the lab. In conclusion, based on the above argument, I believe it is advantageous to the student as it is economical and

time

-friendly;

however

, the drawback cannot be ignored.