Despite the fact that a proportion of people negate the benefits of distance learning, especially due to the risk of alienation as a result of the lack of face-to-face contact, I would insist that offering online courses has a definite positive effect on the student community.
Flexibility at the course structure is the main benefit which occurs by the implementation of new technologies in the traditional teaching scheme. More and more people choose to follow an undergraduate or even a postgraduate course in order to chase a better career or a higher income. It is more than clear that synchronizing this large number of population is a really demanding task and is restricted even more by the limited size of the universities’ infrastructure. So, exploiting the widespread use of the Internet in order to control this ever-increasing number of students seems an ideal option.
To conclude, I believe that online courses can provide students with an equally high level of education as the traditional teaching and expand far beyond the limits of learning. 
Despite the fact that a proportion of  
people
 negate the benefits of distance learning,  
especially
 due to the  
risk
 of alienation  
as a result
 of the lack of face-to-face contact, I would insist that offering online  
courses
 has a  
definite
  positive
 effect on the student community.
Flexibility at the  
course
 structure is the main benefit which occurs by the implementation of new technologies in the traditional teaching scheme. More and more  
people
 choose to follow an undergraduate or even a postgraduate  
course
 in order to chase a better career or a higher income. It is more than  
clear
 that synchronizing this large number of population is a  
really
 demanding task and  
is restricted
 even more by the limited size of the universities’ infrastructure.  
So
, exploiting the widespread  
use
 of the Internet in order to control this ever-increasing number of students seems an ideal option. 
To conclude
, I believe that online  
courses
 can provide students with an  
equally
 high level of education as the traditional teaching and expand far beyond the limits of learning.