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The lecturer asserts that the employers’ preference of graduates of regular university programs to those of online university programs is not reasonable. While the reading passage explains some reasons why most employers still prefer graduates of regular university programs, the lecturer rebuts each reasons of the reading passage with her own grounds.
Firstly, the lecturer argues that those who enroll in traditional university programs aren’t more motivated than those who enroll in online university programs. Since students who study with online program have more freedom, they are more likely to procrastinate their study. As a result, those who graduated the online university prove their great self-control and motivation by themselves. According to the lecturer, a recent research shows that the students who took the online courses are more likely to be motivated than the students who took the traditional offline courses. This contradicts the reading passage’s claim that the traditional university graduates are more likely to be motivated than the online university graduates.
On top of that, the lecturer contends that the online programs do not lack hands-on training experience. She explains that the online university programs allow lab working and participation in workshops these days so that students who take the courses can also have a real experience. In addition, some online universities recreate a 3D virtual environment for their students. In that environment, students can operate equipment using their home computers. This casts doubt on the reading passage’s claim that the online university courses usually cannot provide enough training experience.
Lastly, the lecturer claims that the online degrees are just as credible as the traditional degrees. The lecturer explains that the online degrees are also very strictly restricted these days that they have a validity same as that of the traditional degrees. According to her explanation, an official organization is monitoring the online universities thoroughly and employers can verify the legitimacy of an online degree very easily because the organization offers information regarding it. This counters the reading passage’s claim that many fraudulent online institutions sell their degrees and it is hard for employers to check whether an online degree is credible.
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