Diploma Mills

[cookderosa]

It's a question of the effort of the individual to learn the material. If they're actually learning or already know this information, it's not an issue if they're speeding through. If they're not bothering to learn anything and just using this to speed through, that's a different story.

I've earned A's in a lot of classes that I haven't learned much in. Read a chapter, write an essay, do an assignment, post on the forum, reply to 2 posters, lather-rinse-repeat. I'm a good student, so "doing school" is easy for me. I also know a lot of things that I've never been tested on (because I did that learning outside of a classroom). What I learn has nothing to do with the credentials I've earned.I still maintain that learning is a personal experience and not easily measured.
If someone thinks that a system is flawed, they can report it, improve it, or opt out. But just being mad at people who are following the rules seems silly.
PS we've seen programs like ALEKS fold. It could happen.