Academic Language Week 24 - Online Learning

Is online learning an effective way to educate students?  I do not believe online learning to be an effective way to educate students for three reasons. Firstly it's somtimes better to be in an area where you can get more clarification from a teacher or other students and you can't exactly get that online. Secondly if it involves college, yes online classes may be cheaper but what's the fun in that, what life changing choices will you experience if you stay home on the computer? Lastly I do not agree with online classes because it's easy to differentiate the statistics between taking classes online and taking classes in a classroom and see which one is really better. Is it really enough to listen to a lecture on the subject you're learning about and do the work on the computer to truly understand what you're learning or would you rather have the same lecture and be able to ask question to get a better understanding of your work.