Some universities now offer their courses on the Internet so that people can study online Is this a positive or negative development

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Some universities now offer their courses on the Internet so that people can study online.
Is this a positive or negative development?

Taking for granted that internet has become an integral part of human life, and we are becoming increasingly dependent on it. Accordingly, the conventional process of teaching and learning has changed into online courses by several universities. In my opinion, I believe that this is a positive trend since it encompasses a wide range of benefits.

Firstly, the cost of the online course could be free of charge. To enumerate, many universities offer online courses in different fields, such as science, mathematics, literature, and language with a payment. Therefore, a substantial proportion of people, who cannot afford the high tuitions fees of prestigious universities, have a chance to be educated and literate. Secondly, by virtue of online course, students can study in a flexible way. They can switch between part time or full time and set their own pace throughout the course. As a result, not only does the online course associate with saving time, but it also contributes to studying in a convenient way.

Notwithstanding the merits of online course, the demerits cannot be overlooked. One of the main drawbacks is the lack of human interaction, for the distant learning classes could be merely a video, which leads to less interpersonal communication. Moreover, by studying remotely, computers screens will cause detriment to health. For example, the light of light screen damages the eyes due to sitting for a long time in the front of it. Consequently, distant learning is more likely to have an adverse impact, such as less direct interaction.

In conclusion, while online courses of some universities have undoubted advantages, of which the cost is the most apparent, they have a significant drawback as well, most notably less communication. Hence, I think that this is a positive development.

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Average: 7.6 (19 votes)

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion: part-time
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Suggestion: fulltime
...y. They can switch between part time or full time and set their own pace throughout the c...
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Message: Consider replacing "in a convenient way" with adverb for "convenient"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
...me, but it also contributes to studying in a convenient way. Notwithstanding the merits of onlin...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, also, but, consequently, first, firstly, hence, if, look, moreover, second, secondly, so, therefore, well, while, for example, i think, in conclusion, such as, as a result, in my opinion

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 13.1623246493 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 7.85571142285 89% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 10.4138276553 67% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 7.30460921844 82% => OK
Pronoun: 16.0 24.0651302605 66% => OK
Preposition: 38.0 41.998997996 90% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 8.3376753507 108% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1532.0 1615.20841683 95% => OK
No of words: 291.0 315.596192385 92% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.264604811 5.12529762239 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.13022058845 4.20363070211 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.1203581744 2.80592935109 111% => OK
Unique words: 176.0 176.041082164 100% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.604810996564 0.561755894193 108% => OK
syllable_count: 482.4 506.74238477 95% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 5.43587174349 74% => OK
Article: 5.0 2.52805611222 198% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 2.10420841683 95% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 0.809619238477 371% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 4.76152304609 126% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 16.0721442886 100% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 20.2975951904 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 38.8900192048 49.4020404114 79% => OK
Chars per sentence: 95.75 106.682146367 90% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.1875 20.7667163134 88% => OK
Discourse Markers: 12.4375 7.06120827912 176% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 5.01903807615 80% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 8.67935871743 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 3.9879759519 75% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 3.4128256513 147% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.160143043773 0.244688304435 65% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.049777936373 0.084324248473 59% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0414288854805 0.0667982634062 62% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0924765602792 0.151304729494 61% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0488544829517 0.056905535591 86% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.4 13.0946893788 95% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 44.75 50.2224549098 89% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.5 11.3001002004 102% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.23 12.4159519038 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.65 8.58950901804 101% => OK
difficult_words: 76.0 78.4519038076 97% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 9.78957915832 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.1190380762 91% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.7795591182 83% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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