Anyone take online college courses?
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I take online classes each semester in addition to on campus classes. My experience is that the classes are not necessarily harder in terms of classwork but there is often times more to do. Normally classes have graded online discussions to replace face-to-face discussions, online tests (which is easier to cheat with so it tests your honesty), online submission of your written assignments. The tests can be harder online because you do not have the in person lectures to work from--all you have is the textbook and whatever lectures your professor provides online. The hardest class I have taken online was calculus and the easiest I took was political ideologies. I would recommend taking an online class in an area you already know about or one that you know you can handle. You need to really read the textbook because some professors make the tests harder to deter cheating.
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I'm taking an online course to snatch up some extra credits. If you use any sort of software/program for the class, make sure it works BEFORE the course starts!
I took one and I didn't like it because the work you submit doesn't always reflect the work you do at home, like mathematical calculations and such so I never got partial credit for anything.
It depends on the college. If the college specializes in online courses and is regionally accredited then the courses are going to be more time consuming than face to face classes. If the college focuses mainly on the face to face classes than the professors may not know much about online courses so they are actually easier.
I think so. They are so flexible that less discipline students forget deadlines and don't put as much effort in the course. You need to have a lot of self-control and organization in order to do well in an on-line course.
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