At edX, Distance Learning Moves to an Open-Source Honors Track

[jody]

1. I've taught Distance Learning college courses. IMO an acceptable procedure as a MINIMUM would

require the student to take a proctored comprehensive exam over all the material for a course for a grade.

I personally know of colleges that offer courses where instructors never see a student, students take online multiple choice or true-false tests, and receive a grade. That from a college that is regionally accredited.

That's a diploma-mill, a scam, and leaves graduates with debt, a worthless degree, and no prospects for a job.

Today it's too easy for human-resource managers who expect job applications to be on-line to filter out applicants with such degrees.

I expect MIT and Harvard have higher standards but the lower end colleges are despicable.