Some universities offer online courses for students. Do you think this is a positive or negative development for students? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Nowadays, the Internet has strong impact on people in all aspects, young people tend to use the Internet regularly.

Therefore

, numerous universities apply distant classes in media as an alternative face to face classes on campus. I personally believe

this

tendency has both positive and negative effects which will be discussed below.

On the other hand

, there are several benefits which promote online

education

as an alternative of the traditional method.

Firstly

, online courses

bring

Suggestion

brings

opportunities for international students who are living in different countries that are struggling to study abroad.

For example

, my uncle who has just enrolled an online BA course in a US university while he still works as a designer in Viet Nam.

In addition

, available learning materials as well as references which learners to freely choose a variety of diverse courses with different levels.

This

gives a great opportunity for learners to gain new skills and accumulate their knowledge level, while still staying in their own place.

For instance

, students attending the national high school examination can have diverse opportunities to study in many forums on the internet

such

as the Moon, the Hocmai forum.

Finally

,

online university

Accept comma addition

online, university

classes help to reduce

education

costs not only for students but

also

for universities. Universities might not have to spend money on infrastructure of classes, hire more teachers and create events for students.

However

, it is

also

true

such

online courses have few drawbacks.

First

of all, online courses are unsuitable for subjects which need practical hands-on experience.

For example

, science subjects like physics, chemistry, and biology involve a lot of laboratory-based exercises which cannot be fulfilled through online teaching.

Furthermore

, online students cannot develop comprehensively like the way other students who attend classes at school do.

This

is often linked to the fact that those learners do not seem to interact with classmates in an educational environment. During online courses, students can barely make friends or even compete with their peers. Whereas, students of traditional classes could study together through group tasks, students of online courses just finish tasks by teacher assignments.

This

might lead to reduce the teamwork ability of students.

This

kind of learning is that lack of motivation and competition.

Lastly

, online courses are less direct interaction between students and teachers. In fact, online learners might not have opportunities to discuss with their teachers in front of the class.

For example

, traditional students could ask their teacher about the lesson as well as

discuss

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discussed

together in the class, while online learners are restricted to other forms of communication through email or forum websites. In conclusion, online courses offered by universities greatly help the students to pursue higher

education

and their advantages clearly outweigh their shortcomings. In fact, online courses actually help to spread

education

far and wide

instead

of restricting it to the confines of the classroom.