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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why they're not respected?[/quote]

Because there is no guarantee the work is yours. Because there is no writing component, no research projects, no laboratory experience, no presentations, none of the "stuff" that employers actually give a sh*t you can do. Unless your job is to be on the other end of an email "help desk." Oh, and we don't need BAs for that job. We can send that job to India.[/quote]

Maybe diploma mill type online classes are as you say, but other online classes have a great deal of writing and research required.  [b]True, the instructor has no way of knowing that you actually did the writing but isn't that true of bricks and mortar classes as well?  PLENTY of plagiarism going on in colleges today....[[/b]/quote]

This makes no sense.  So obviously you're not an educator.

In the classroom, I can quickly assign a pop quiz, asking students to write a brief analysis of a reading passage.  If I do this enough times, I have a feel for writing style and level of analysis.  Furthermore, I can read body language, which tells me quite a bit about a student.

So if a student turns in a paper and the writing style and analysis suddenly blow me away, I will obviously question whether s/he has done the work.  There is also Turnitin.com, which is a great help to educators.

Many of you don't get it.  By accepting these online programs, you place little to no value on GOOD instruction.

how pathetic[/quote]

I am an educator, with a degree from an Ivy for what it is worth, and I can tell you that no professor assigned a "pop quiz" in any of my classes!   We turned in papers, yes, but certainly could have had someone else write them.   I'm afraid that happens a lot, even in the best universities.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/01/college-plagiarism-all-ti_n_944252.html

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