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{CC}StealthBlue
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States41117 Posts
June 06 2008 04:03 GMT
#1
What is to stop people from literally taking an exam with their book right in front of them? Today at work I heard guys from security talking about how it's pretty much a free ride to a degree. I mean WTF unless are the "professors", and I use that term loosely, doing to make sure the students actually learn, unless they use Webcams when it comes to tests, and finals. You think employers would catch on to this shit when they offer online degree reimbursement. But I guess anyone can do administrative work etc.

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Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
June 06 2008 04:07 GMT
#2
well I dont think many places take online degrees seriously

and I would assume for finals, they arrange with a local testing authority to do your test under supervision
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Profile Blog Joined June 2004
Canada709 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-06 04:09:28
June 06 2008 04:08 GMT
#3
Do you have a sample exam? Because the questions may be made with that in mind, making it a type of open-book exam, which is by no means easy.

A similar situation are Distant Education classes, which require you to write the final in a controlled setting IIRC.
nemY
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States3119 Posts
June 06 2008 04:51 GMT
#4
Ever taken an online course?

Some are really easy and almost exactly what you say.

Some are not.

It really depends on the professor... some will make it difficult by incorporating questions from podcasted lectures that you actually have to read and take notes on (that differ from the book itself), while some will just base everything straight from the book. Most exams will at least have required you to have read the book and at least be familiar with the topics covered... so when it comes to taking the timed exam you'll know where to flip in the chapter to find the answer =/
useLess
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
United States4781 Posts
June 06 2008 04:52 GMT
#5
its not like we're gonna see people get PhDs through the internet. these degrees are probably associate degrees (equiv of two years of coolege), which might be enough for some who are entering a specific trade
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Profile Blog Joined August 2005
10810 Posts
June 06 2008 05:19 GMT
#6
I would presume anything that doesn't have to take the final exam in person is probably a scam, or at least more for personal development, than for beefing up your resume... If you take an online course in a 2nd language, you can put on your resume that you're fluent in a second language and have had training. But if you cheated, you're still lying on your resume, so who really cares if people cheat in online courses? The degrees are meaningless, it's what you learn that matters.

In fact... even in university courses you take in person your grades don't really matter. A degree of someone who got all C's looks the same as someone who got all A's at the end of the day.

IMO, one day the world is going to realise how meaningless a degree (from modern universities) is, and it won't matter as much as it does today. That will probably be in 50 or so years.

I don't think it's really going to be an epidemic. No one with a brain wants to apply for jobs they're unqualified for, so it's not like you're doing to see a bunch of surgeons who cheated on their finals to get where they are.
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Korea (South)17726 Posts
June 06 2008 05:51 GMT
#7
hmm when you take a test for an online course dont you need a proctor or something?
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Profile Blog Joined September 2004
13196 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-06-06 06:54:20
June 06 2008 05:51 GMT
#8
i think universities would be 10x more useful if you didn't have to spend so much time on useless GE's and could solely focus on your concentration
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Profile Blog Joined June 2007
United States3988 Posts
June 06 2008 07:05 GMT
#9
hey, having a book doesn't really help you in a lot of situations. Open book tests are the hardest. For example, essay questions, proofs, unique problems, all can be super hard. If its a timed exam then maybe they could make it not so bad, but if you have a couple days to do the test then thats utterly hard.
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Profile Blog Joined July 2007
New Zealand6138 Posts
June 06 2008 07:55 GMT
#10
A friend of mine is taking an online course in brokering. I wonder how that's going to turn out.
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Profile Blog Joined June 2006
United States12796 Posts
June 06 2008 09:20 GMT
#11
some of the hardest exams I had in college is in open book format, the book doesnt help shit
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Profile Blog Joined October 2007
United States2061 Posts
June 06 2008 13:05 GMT
#12
On June 06 2008 14:51 paper wrote:
i think universities would be 10x more useful if you didn't have to spend so much time on useless GE's and could solely focus on your concentration


Now that takes some mental awareness right there! focusing on concentration!!

Online courses are not seen in a good light by employers as compared to real degrees from ACTUAL colleges. Plus nowadays if you want to make a lot of money its better to have a master's degree from a decent college or become a very good business man. Online degrees are not very useful imo.
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QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32051 Posts
June 06 2008 13:15 GMT
#13
On June 06 2008 14:51 paper wrote:
i think universities would be 10x more useful if you didn't have to spend so much time on useless GE's and could solely focus on your concentration


GE's are a pure money scheme. Cultured my ass... I studied all this bullshit 6 years ago in hs.
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Vin{MBL}
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
5185 Posts
June 06 2008 16:47 GMT
#14
On June 06 2008 14:51 paper wrote:
i think universities would be 10x more useful if you didn't have to spend so much time on useless GE's and could solely focus on your concentration


you will enjoy universities in the UK then
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