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The paper "The Question of Student Perception of online courses" tells though there is an increase in the number of online courses offered by universities across the globe, there are also challenges related to the adequacy of the content, delivery mode, use of technology, and overall course efficacy.... Therefore, it is clear that while students are in favor of online courses, there are certain challenges that they face while trying to adopt it as a primary mode of education....
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Many researchers have made the observation that in spite of the high demand of online courses, faculty members are not very keen to shift their mode of teaching to an online medium.... There has been some debate about the effectiveness of the online courses per se or of the supplemental course materials to add to the students' understanding of the subject (Allen and Seaman, 2006) .... In fact, it has become crucial to the long term plans of any institution to incorporate online courses for both local and international students....
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Traditional University education verses Online education courses Insert Name Insert Grade Course Insert Submission Date Traditional University education verses Online education courses Introduction Traditional University education involves face to face lectures.... As technology grows, especially the internet, there is an option to acquire higher education via online institutions (Scagnoli, 2005)....
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The title is: 'Establishing Virtual Learning Worlds: The Impact of Virtual Worlds and Online Gaming on education and Training'.... S\he will show that implementing elements from video gaming can create a digital e-learning divide which may cause some e-learners to completely deny the quality and effectivity of any online courses.... Learners generally lack motivation and they do not interact enough during their online courses.... A problematic issue is that the majority of those who drop out of the online courses do not find them challenging enough....
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Merrill (2007) finds that 95 per cent of online courses are designed by individuals with no formal instructional design (ID) background.... The paper "Instructional Development Skills for Designers Developing online courses" presents the issues surrounding the skills, competencies and best practices for designing online courses.... Such competencies and skills for faculty-designers developing online courses are embedded in instructional design theories related to the content expertise as well as their understanding of the concepts of education and instructional design (Reigeluth, 2012)....
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the biggest segment of online education is covered by massive open online courses that provide people from all over the world with free and sometimes pre-paid online courses on multiple disciplines.... The professors who taught them in the universities also work for the massive open online courses' services and read the lectures for everyone who signs up for their courses online.... assive open online courses (MOOC) are internet classes with large-scale interactive participation and public access through the Internet, so learning content is available online to any person who wants to take a course with no limit on attendance....
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Research Paper
One university is not yet offering any online courses.... Therefore, this project will propose that this university can add the use of instruction through online courses to its teaching options.... Further analysis will explain how online courses are more efficacious for all the stakeholders that will be affected by the shift to online education.... The university needs to add online courses to its curriculum.... This paper "Online education in Saudi Universities" focuses on the fact that universities in Saudi Arabia are developing rapidly to keep up with the latest technologies regarding learning and teaching....
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n reviewing the literature for some studies carried out on the effects of online courses in language learning, researchers such as Al-Jarf (2005,pg.... 13-331 ) mention a small number of studies that not only examine the effects of online courses but also the effects of technology on language learning in general.... has started delivering online courses.... The paper 'The Online education Program' focuses on is a phenomenon that has sparked the education world due to its feature of flexibility and adaptability offering nature to the students worldwide....
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