Online courses have a bad reputation because students think it's going to be easier. (Patricia Thompson)

There's nothing quite like the comforts of home, even when it comes to getting an education. Would you agree? Have a look at the world's top 100 universities for 2014. To continue our work on conversational skills, think about these questions adapted from conversation questions:

• What is your role in a conversation? Do you dominate or do you let yourself be dominated?
• What percent of a conversation do you spend talking?
  
• What are some good habits and what are some bad traits you have in conversations?
• Who communicates better: men or women? What makes their style better? What makes it worse?