Exercise 6.7

With more and more students taking online courses, both the students and the colleges benefit. For example, students can attain an education from the comfort of their own home or wherever they deem necessary. Also, colleges can cut back on some expenses needed in order to accommodate for students attending their school. In addition, some students need to learn in a familiar area to achieve their full potential.

However, online education does have some drawbacks. For instance, students may lack the proper discipline needed to achieve their best effort in the classes. If students fall behind far enough they wont be able to continue their education which will lead to a drop in income for the colleges. Also, some colleges don't have the best services available for students like online tutoring offered 24/7. Some students wont be prepared to jump into online education, and there are no tests to verify whether a student will succeed or fail.

These problems could be easily solved. First, the colleges would need to create more jobs for areas of improvement needed to run a successful online education program. With more services available to accommodate the students the success rate for online education will rise. Second, students will need to be tested on their self discipline habits. A test that will generate the eligibility of being able to take the online courses, in my opinion, will remove the problem of students not being prepared for the courses.

If these problems are addresses, both students and colleges would benefit because it is a win win situation for the students and the colleges. The money needed to pay for school will drastically decrease for the students. The colleges could make a transition to majority of online courses, if all goes well, that will lead to more income for the schools. Students will be able to take the courses needed for their degree from all over the world, referring to the easier access aspect of online education.