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Online education is generally a positive development for several reasons: 1) It allows universities to reach more learners across geographic and time barriers by offering courses online. This provides access to education for professionals, homemakers, and others who could not otherwise attend traditional classes. 2) Online courses are often more convenient and flexible for learners since they can be accessed anytime and lessons can be revisited as needed. Sites like Khan Academy and Udemy have helped many learn skills online. 3) While online education lacks personal supervision by teachers, many reputable universities only offer online degrees after research shows their benefits for both students and teachers. Online lessons are carefully planned by experts to maintain quality.

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Online education is generally a positive development for several reasons: 1) It allows universities to reach more learners across geographic and time barriers by offering courses online. This provides access to education for professionals, homemakers, and others who could not otherwise attend traditional classes. 2) Online courses are often more convenient and flexible for learners since they can be accessed anytime and lessons can be revisited as needed. Sites like Khan Academy and Udemy have helped many learn skills online. 3) While online education lacks personal supervision by teachers, many reputable universities only offer online degrees after research shows their benefits for both students and teachers. Online lessons are carefully planned by experts to maintain quality.

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IELTS Writing Task 2/ IELTS Essay:

You should spend about 40 minutes on this task.

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

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or
experience.

Write at least 250 words.

Sample Answer:

Online education is a comparatively new trend and thousands of educational institutes have already
embraced this method to offer their courses. While some negative aspects of this development could
not be ignored, the advantages of it far outweigh the demerits.

To begin with, many universities in developed countries offer online degrees and short courses and they
have started doing so only after proper research. The research proved that the Internet based courses
are advantageous both for the students and teachers. The intuitive and methodical lessons offered by
an online course is planned by several university teachers and technology experts and hence they
maintain a rigid quality. The widespread use of the Internet makes it handy for people to enrol in a
course without considering time and distance. This trend has attracted thousands of professionals,
housewives and elderly people to continue their education or take courses according to their interests.
For instance, as many as twenty-five thousand housewives in the USA complete their preferred online
courses and diplomas in a year. Attending traditional classroom based courses were impossible for these
large number of housewives and busy professionals.

Moreover, Internet based courses are easier to follow and someone can retake the same lessons over
and over again, unlike traditional classes. Thus many students have reported the Khan Academy, Linda,
and Udemy, renowned Internet-based online course websites, to be their preferred learning tool. Many
skill-developing online courses have assisted thousands of young people to pursue their career in
technology and this has all been possible with the Internet based learning.

The downside of this trend is the cost and lack of proper supervision by a teacher. Courses offered by
prestigious universities are often far too expensive for a poor student to bear. Teachers' guidance and
motivation often play a great role in a pupil's success and the online course cannot be a suitable
substitute for the motivation teachers can offer.

To conclude, technological advancements in education, especially the online education, is a great leap
towards the world without illiteracy and unemployment.

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