Some universities offer online courses as an alternative to classes delivered on campus. Do you think this is a positive or negative development?
Distance learning is gaining prominence nowadays especially in the remote corners of the globe where people do not have direct access to universities and schools hence many universities are providing classes online. In the below essay I will discuss this contentious topic and elucidate my arguments with relevant examples whether delivering online courses by some tertiary bodies has been a positive or negative development.
First and foremost there are a plethora of advantages of delivering classes online the most preponderant one being the idea to serve a section of society which does not have direct access to on-campus classes. Thus many students can enrol in the online courses and attain degrees which can pave a way for their success in professional life. Another distinct advantage of going for an online course is that it is designed to suit the convenience of the students thus many working professionals can pursue additional certifications.
In this era of the global connectivity even the remotest corner of the globe is connected on the internet thus it becomes easier for pupils to enrol for a course of their interest. Similarly, viewing of the popularity of such courses many prominent universities have started offering the degree as well as certifications programs globally. Additionally, apart from the quality course content, online courses are provided by renowned faculties from top universities like MIT, Harvard which further enhance the study experience as compared to the on-campus lectures. In a recent survey done by Economic Times in India, it was mentioned that majority of working section, as well as students, prefer to enrol of online classes due to the quality of faculty and the flexibility offered in such courses.
To conclude online courses provide myriads of advantages which are too significant to ignore so in my opinion the promotion of such courses is a positive development.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Thus,
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, hence, if, similarly, so, thus, well, apart from, as well as, in my opinion
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 13.1623246493 91% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 7.85571142285 51% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 10.4138276553 58% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 7.0 7.30460921844 96% => OK
Pronoun: 12.0 24.0651302605 50% => OK
Preposition: 46.0 41.998997996 110% => OK
Nominalization: 10.0 8.3376753507 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1630.0 1615.20841683 101% => OK
No of words: 306.0 315.596192385 97% => OK
Chars per words: 5.32679738562 5.12529762239 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.18244613648 4.20363070211 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.94715441873 2.80592935109 105% => OK
Unique words: 175.0 176.041082164 99% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.571895424837 0.561755894193 102% => OK
syllable_count: 540.0 506.74238477 107% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.8 1.60771543086 112% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 5.43587174349 18% => OK
Article: 0.0 2.52805611222 0% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 2.10420841683 48% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 0.809619238477 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 4.76152304609 105% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 10.0 16.0721442886 62% => 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: 30.0 20.2975951904 148% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 30.9088983951 49.4020404114 63% => OK
Chars per sentence: 163.0 106.682146367 153% => OK
Words per sentence: 30.6 20.7667163134 147% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.2 7.06120827912 116% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.38176352705 91% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 5.01903807615 20% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 9.0 8.67935871743 104% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 3.9879759519 25% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 3.4128256513 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.296325177959 0.244688304435 121% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.107520889602 0.084324248473 128% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0428489917572 0.0667982634062 64% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.170539133949 0.151304729494 113% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0473436611583 0.056905535591 83% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 19.0 13.0946893788 145% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 24.11 50.2224549098 48% => Flesch_reading_ease is low.
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 17.4 11.3001002004 154% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.23 12.4159519038 115% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.44 8.58950901804 122% => OK
difficult_words: 103.0 78.4519038076 131% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 20.0 9.78957915832 204% => Linsear_write_formula is high.
gunning_fog: 14.0 10.1190380762 138% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 10.7795591182 130% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 67.4157303371 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.0 Out of 9
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