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Distance education: worth your troubles?

By: Anindita Gupta  When I think about online courses, my mind goes into a little bit of a panic:  racing heart, breathlessness, a sense of terror. . . I think back to my terrible experience with the Earth Science course that had lectures that lasted an eternity, and exams and assignments that were more demanding than those of my three other courses combined. The one semester where I had an online course was one of my worst semesters so far; therefore, I am a little negatively biased towards online courses. But does everyone that takes an online course feel the…

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