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?

The omnipresence of technology has led many people to question the wholesomeness of internet-based learning. While I concur that e-learning is highly beneficial, I also believe that it brings in its wake several drawbacks
On the one hand, there are compelling reasons why e-learning brings considerable benefits. The first point worth noticing is that it may offer students a great degree of flexibility. An explanation for this is with online learning, students can acquire knowledge whenever and wherever they want. This especially does mature students a world of good, who have other commitments such as work and children. Another point endorsing this view is that online courses can partly relieve the financial burden for parents and themselves. To be more specific, learners do not have to bear the cost of astronomical tuition fees or set texts, and this money could be better spent on enrolling on some crash courses like what Harvard University has been offered on the online platform “Coursera” to sharpen students’ skills.

On the other hand, I am inclined to the belief that internet-based learning may have an adverse impact on students. The first point supporting this view is that online learning may lead to limited social interaction. This is because students may not have the opportunity to engage in face to face interaction with both teachers and their peers, and instead they have to rely on written forms of communication. In the long run, chances are high that they will suffer from poor critical thinking skills, as well as teamwork skills. Besides, it requires a high level of self-discipline. As students can study at their discretion, they tend to poorly allot appropriate time to complete assignments. As a consequence, those who lack motivation and self
-control may create an inefficient study habit, which is detrimental to their academic achievement.

In conclusion, it seems to me that we can reap a multitude of benefits in terms of flexibility and cost, but it also takes a toll on our study efficiency and social interaction.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, but, first, if, may, so, well, while, in conclusion, such as, as well as, on the whole, on the other hand

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 13.1623246493 91% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 7.85571142285 140% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 10.4138276553 106% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 7.30460921844 151% => OK
Pronoun: 35.0 24.0651302605 145% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 40.0 41.998997996 95% => OK
Nominalization: 12.0 8.3376753507 144% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1742.0 1615.20841683 108% => OK
No of words: 336.0 315.596192385 106% => OK
Chars per words: 5.18452380952 5.12529762239 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.28139028586 4.20363070211 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.04556641255 2.80592935109 109% => OK
Unique words: 202.0 176.041082164 115% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.60119047619 0.561755894193 107% => OK
syllable_count: 530.1 506.74238477 105% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.60771543086 100% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 5.43587174349 147% => OK
Article: 4.0 2.52805611222 158% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 2.10420841683 190% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 0.809619238477 371% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 16.0721442886 93% => OK
Sentence length: 22.0 20.2975951904 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 55.8472519965 49.4020404114 113% => OK
Chars per sentence: 116.133333333 106.682146367 109% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.4 20.7667163134 108% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.0 7.06120827912 113% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.38176352705 114% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 5.01903807615 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 8.67935871743 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 3.9879759519 50% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 3.4128256513 88% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.221377033679 0.244688304435 90% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.064646323703 0.084324248473 77% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0472518561668 0.0667982634062 71% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0987272391104 0.151304729494 65% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0500475006632 0.056905535591 88% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.2 13.0946893788 108% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 50.2224549098 98% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.44779559118 118% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.3001002004 105% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.06 12.4159519038 105% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.96 8.58950901804 104% => OK
difficult_words: 90.0 78.4519038076 115% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 9.78957915832 123% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.1190380762 107% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 10.7795591182 111% => 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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