Online Courses: Advantages, Eligibility, and Empowerment for Students

This essay examines the advantages of online courses, highlighting their flexibility and accessibility. It discusses how online learning empowers students by providing them with the ability to learn at their own pace and overcome challenges. The essay emphasizes the eligibility of students for online programs, addressing how they can overcome limitations and acquire qualifications. It also touches upon the benefits of online learning, such as greater retention rates and the importance of online certificates in professional settings. The essay references several studies to support its claims, including the impact of interaction, structure, and social presence in online learning, predictive factors of student success, and student satisfaction in online education programs. Overall, the essay provides a comprehensive overview of the positive impacts of online courses on students' learning experiences and career prospects.

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Online Course
Name of the Student:
Name of University:
Author Note

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Online courses help students in myriad of ways to become competent in the vast and
competitive world. Students are able to fit into the various, take up responsibilities and become
committed towards those, as online courses bring together arrays of opportunities which can be
availed by students in order to overcome their weaknesses and evolve. In this paper, the qualities
and eligibility for online courses and how one can feel empowered by the same, will be
discussed.
Online courses allow students to engage in the courses according to their convenience at
whatever pace and way they are comfortable in, rather than conforming or adapting to the
restrictive traditional courses. Some people do not feel comfortable in the traditional curriculum
and often are compelled to drop out (Horzum, 2017). This does not mean that students have to
put an end to their eligibility or qualification just a pause in the way. Students, now, can get them
enrolled in online learning programs, which are very flexible and often are believed to yield
better results as compared to the traditional system of learning, which have been followed or
centuries.
People can be located in any part of the world and engage in the process of learning,
through virtual connectivity. Learners can simply be a part of the learning process with the help
of internet and a set, which is suitable for learning, no matter where one is situated (Kuo,
Walker, Belland & Schroder, 2013). It has become immensely popular because the process is
cheap and can be availed by everyone who is interested. Learners often quit their learning which
put an end to acquiring qualifications due to financial crises, which can easily be dealt with, if a
learner chooses online learning, as it is comparatively cheaper.
It is often regarded that learners become more enabled because they develop deeper level
of understanding as students are able to connect with the process of learning more diligently and

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follow instructions of the instructor, which often gets missed out in a classroom based learning
process. Some students tend to fall behind, while others excel. On the contrary, through an online
program, learners can overcome their challenges as they feel more encouraged and comfortable
to address those shortcomings (Kauffman, 2015). Students also have greater degree of flexibility
on the online learning programs, as they can pursue other things simultaneously rather being
entirely dedicated to the process of learning, as people have various challenges which they
manage to continue education at the same time.
The online learning format have greater retention rate as compared to traditional
classroom set up. Students are required to put in less time to his form of learning, while they can
learn greater and come out victorious with great qualities achieved through the course and
tenure. Great emphasis are laid on the online certificates which are possessed by the learners in
the professional spaces, as they often add to their credibility. This accounts for a person’s quality
and qualification which a company should trust and have faith in, for creating an association
with.

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References
Horzum, M. B. (2017). Interaction, structure, social presence, and satisfaction in online
learning. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 11(3),
505-512.
Kauffman, H. (2015). A review of predictive factors of student success in and satisfaction with
online learning. Research in Learning Technology, 23.
Kuo, Y. C., Walker, A. E., Belland, B. R., & Schroder, K. E. (2013). A predictive study of
student satisfaction in online education programs. The International Review of Research
in Open and Distributed Learning, 14(1), 16-39.