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My experience differs from Ms. Anderson's. Full disclosure, I hold 3 degrees from UoP, 2 of which were in the classroom, and my doctorate was online, completing it at the age of 59, 2 years ago.I opted for UoP online because of my familiarity with the school in general, recommendations from peers that had taken online courses and personal familiarity with several online professors. I also opted for an online doctorate because it allowed me to sustain with a full work schedule.Do they 'push' you to continue? Yes. It's part of their continuing involvement in your experience with UoP and recognition that the vast majority of UoP students are also employed and sustaining school with work and with family. So - do they 'push?' I'd say they work to stay connected to you and help with motivation, clarity of goals, and a sympathetic ear. I actually appreciated my academic advisor's monthly calls.I found no requirement to work in the field of your study - although that IS a hard requirement of the professors. And there is a high volume of student-led debate and response. In that regard, I felt the online venue was superior to the classroom where 'dialog' is somewhat suppressed by time and extroverts. But the students are not left without professorial direction and structure.Was it hard? Yup. Some will tell you that UoP's entry requirements are so low there is no value to going there. Big Ten and Ivy League schools are hard to get in, and you must be exceedingly well-qualified (sometimes both economically and scholastically) before you walk onto the campus. With such a tail-wind - you'd be a statistical outlier to fail. UoP will give anyone a shot, minimum academic history notwithstanding. But UoP is not easy to graduate as some would believe. Do the work and you will learn.I work in a consulting capacity facing senior management and C-level leadership. As for employer perception of a UoP degree - I've had only one comment directly from one C-level engineering leader that he assumed UoP was a diploma mill with a 'correspondence school' reputation. So I took him to lunch and told him what I had to do to win my doctorate. That modified his opinion, although he wasn't totally comfortable with the concept of 'online'. A lot of people aren't - especially graduates of traditional schools who lack a good point of reference. But UoP was one of the first to tackle online education at scale (I believe Jones International was the very first, opinions vary) and with first-hand familiarity - I think they do it well now, and they're doing creative things to make it even better.I urge you to look for my other posts on this matter (I don't have very many posts in total) because additional info will be found there - then look for me on LinkedIn if you want to discuss further.

The credentialing issue will be a challenge for a while yet. Absolutely there are fields where you can get the same learning on your own on the internet, in terms of finding information and finding interesting people to interact with and learn from / with. Some fields it's harder than others. Computer Science is particularly suited to this by its very nature. Some other fields like Literature or Philosophy or History you could theoretically get a good simulation too. Anything where you don't need fancy expensive lab equipment. Information transfer is the easy part. The social aspect of quality meaningful discussions and interactions with smart instructors and peers is harder. You need good communication tools, both synchronous (both communicating together at the same time) and asynchronous (at different times).Web forums, Google Hangouts, virtual classrooms, Meetups, chat utilities, all of these can give quality human contact, which is important for learning and for motivation.For the credentialing part, it depends on the subject. For grad school, you probably need that on campus undergrad experience. For a job, it depends on if you can document relevant work projects from your schooling. A virtual or hard copy portfolio will do it. Certain fields you can definitely do that. Writing. Art or multimedia design, definitely. Computer programming, for sure. An engineering project, sure.So can you learn, have enriching social contacts, and demonstrable work from online classes? Sure. Some you can even pay a small fee for a credential based on some sort of verification of identity, like Coursera's Signature Series.The big question is will an employee accept you if you have demonstrable skills but no diploma. Sadly, not so often today. I think it will shift over time, and surprisingly quickly. One of the hot concepts in my field of Instructional Design and Educational Technology is competencies, competency measurement, competency management. Quantifying and measuring competencies that are identified as needed for a particular job. Not the credentials, but what are the skills you need, lost them out, and how do you prove you have them.This has importance for online course achievement, but also, for example for an immigrant with an MD from back home that wants to get his training recognized rather than drive a taxi or run a convenience store. Better societal usage of valuable human resources.Fortunately, I think the bubbleization of tuition, particularly in the US, will help to drive the decoupling of University credentials from the gateway to entry level employment. There's no choice; it's just getting priced out of reach for so many.Technology solutions like MOOCs and Learning Record Stores (LRS) and a new learning metadata standard called eXperience API will enable us to learn things in different places, get tested on our learning, and keep and manage records of our learning path over time.It's some exciting times coming, but it's going to be rough going for the next 5—10 years still.

Thanks for the A2A.When I was bringing up little ones, I might very well have taken such a course, depending on the cost and what others had to say about it. But at this point, I do not feel I need to take such a course. I have this credential, after all...Hey: who am I to argue with an official diploma?