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3. I have taken some of these classes.

Reply to n2doc (Original post)

Thu Jul 25, 2013, 05:55 PM

Jul 2013

They are fine if you want to learn on your own and do not have the time or money to spend for your education. personally, I do not have $700 to spend on ONE community college class so they fit my needs.

This said, they have a lot of issues too and frankly, testing is the worse. I do not have too many issues with MC (I hate them but many colleges use them as well to assess students). Peer reviewing, on the other hand, is a real issue particularly when no triage is done when enrolling students.

Also, many online classes done by colleges are no better, in my experience. It should be clear that, if you want a human contact, go to a brick and mortar school and hope the teacher cares (not always the case, sadly).

As long as they do not deliver credits, I' m fine with them.

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I have taken some of these classes. Mass Jul 2013 #3