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

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

The realm of online and traditional courses is one in which there is a fair degree of controversy. It is the opinion of this writer that the facts are on the side of those who believe online courses is the more innovative form of learning.

The first point in favor of online learning is the widespread presence of the Internet. It cannot be denied that since technology developed strongly, gaining access to the Internet has become way easier and more convenient. It should also be mentioned that the Internet is a leading source of information, which allows students to search for answers on reliable websites when they have difficulties studying these classes. A relevant example in this regard is Bach Khoa, the first university to open a variety of online courses in Viet Nam. Through these lessons, students can not only accumulate knowledge but also learn more intensively in their fields by looking for online information.

Avoiding time-consuming activities and lower costs are also the components of the case for distance learning. From an economic perspective, virtual classrooms enable learners to participate without concerning about transportation or tuition fees, which helps participants save aside money for their own necessities. Furthermore, online courses always offer flexible curricula for those who are on tight schedules to keep on their study. According to Tuổi Trẻ, Vietnamese leading news source, in 2007, 70% of the students who took part in distance learning classrooms achieved excellent results thanks to suitable time arrangements and not having to work their way through university.

Thus, it can be seen that the informative lessons from the Internet, affordable prices and saving time are the three biggest benefits online classes bring about. Therefore, it should have been abundantly demonstrated that distance learning in universities is highly recommended.

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Average: 9.6 (3 votes)

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, furthermore, if, look, so, therefore, thus

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 16.0 13.1623246493 122% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 7.85571142285 64% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 10.4138276553 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 7.30460921844 164% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 24.0651302605 91% => OK
Preposition: 41.0 41.998997996 98% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 8.3376753507 96% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1612.0 1615.20841683 100% => OK
No of words: 297.0 315.596192385 94% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.42760942761 5.12529762239 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.15134772569 4.20363070211 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.92698542963 2.80592935109 104% => OK
Unique words: 181.0 176.041082164 103% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.609427609428 0.561755894193 108% => OK
syllable_count: 498.6 506.74238477 98% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Interrogative: 0.0 0.384769539078 0% => OK
Article: 4.0 2.52805611222 158% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 2.10420841683 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 16.0721442886 81% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 22.0 20.2975951904 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.5250759953 49.4020404114 92% => OK
Chars per sentence: 124.0 106.682146367 116% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.8461538462 20.7667163134 110% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.61538461538 7.06120827912 65% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 3.4128256513 59% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.138053924644 0.244688304435 56% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0526225682287 0.084324248473 62% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0457396248012 0.0667982634062 68% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0879235562658 0.151304729494 58% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0308302637667 0.056905535591 54% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.6 13.0946893788 119% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 40.69 50.2224549098 81% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.1 11.3001002004 116% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.51 12.4159519038 117% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.57 8.58950901804 111% => OK
difficult_words: 91.0 78.4519038076 116% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 9.78957915832 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.1190380762 107% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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