What is the future of online learning? This is the topic for this research paper.
The primary goal is to explore your research question with depth and sophistication rather than persuade an audience of a particular viewpoint. While you will need to propose some sort of answer to your question in this research paper, that answer may be tentative.
It may, for example, point in the direction of further questions and further research.
It may identify contradictions in your research that are, at this time, irresolvable. Again, in writing this paper, focus on exploring, interpreting, and synthesizing ideas rather than on “defending” a thesis.