Ed4Credit.com has 27 new ACE approved courses

[rowan555]

I'm kind of surprised anyone finds study.com time consuming. Tedious sure, but they shouldn't be taking more than like 5 days of moderate effort at most.

My son took about 2 weeks for each Study.com course - but 3 of the 5 he took required projects - one course required 3 essays, so it was time consuming just to submit and await grades on those.

[jsd]

My son took about 2 weeks for each Study.com course - but 3 of the 5 he took required projects - one course required 3 essays, so it was time consuming just to submit and await grades on those.

Yeah I haven't done any with projects, that would add time.

[gremlinbrawler]

I'm kind of surprised anyone finds study.com time consuming. Tedious sure, but they shouldn't be taking more than like 5 days of moderate effort at most.

I don't really find study.com time consuming, which is why I chose study.com over others when I can. I was more just asking if they take more or less time compared to study.com. I can usually do a study.com course in 15-20 hours which I agree is pretty good.
Does anyone know how Ed4credit compares time-wise though?

[dfrecore]

I don't really find study.com time consuming, which is why I chose study.com over others when I can. I was more just asking if they take more or less time compared to study.com. I can usually do a study.com course in 15-20 hours which I agree is pretty good.
Does anyone know how Ed4credit compares time-wise though?

I don't know of anyone on this forum who has taken an Ed4Credit course, since they are more expensive than the other options, and don't offer much that you can't get elsewhere for less. They lowered their prices a while ago, but they are still $195, which is double the price of SL (on average) or Study.com.

My husband's company will do tuition reimbursement, but won't pay for membership or monthly fees, so SL and Study.com are out. That's where Ed4Credit might work better for him, if he doesn't want to CLEP/DSST out of courses.

[Ed4Credit]

Has anyone taken any courses from this site who can review their experience? I have searched the forums but haven't found much.
Are they as time consuming as Study.com? Does the course material match what's on the final well? Are they graded immediately?
Thanks

Hi Gemlinbrawler, Ed4Credit is one of the newest companies in this field so I don't know if anyone in this forum has taken a course from us or not yet. You can get a syllabus for each course off our website if you want to see what is involved in any course. We do use textbooks but they are all included in the cost and are embedded in the class. The only courses that have an additional cost are the science labs and then you just need to purchase the lab kit for $98 but the each lab is only $65. All the courses have module quizzes that you can take twice and a proctored final you can take once. You do get your grade automatically when you finish a test. You have to make a 70% or better on the module quizzes. Please let me know if you have any other questions.

[rowan555]

Hi Gemlinbrawler, Ed4Credit is one of the newest companies in this field so I don't know if anyone in this forum has taken a course from us or not yet. You can get a syllabus for each course off our website if you want to see what is involved in any course. We do use textbooks but they are all included in the cost and are embedded in the class. The only courses that have an additional cost are the science labs and then you just need to purchase the lab kit for $98 but the each lab is only $65. All the courses have module quizzes that you can take twice and a proctored final you can take once. You do get your grade automatically when you finish a test. You have to make a 70% or better on the module quizzes. Please let me know if you have any other questions.

I do have a question - is there any particular reason you guys are so much more expensive than your competitors? It's a bit difficult for me to justify spending $195 a course when Study.com is half that, and Straighterline is even less if several courses are completed in one month.

[jsd]

they were $300 before they found us complaining about it on the forum. They lowered the cost and gave an additional discount to us via DegreeForum17 coupon code, so that'll help a little.

My guess is that they're trying to recuperate the huge amount ACE charges to review courses, and their competitors have the benefit of being around longer than they have been, and so have made that initial investment back.

[Ed4Credit]

I do have a question - is there any particular reason you guys are so much more expensive than your competitors? It's a bit difficult for me to justify spending $195 a course when Study.com is half that, and Straighterline is even less if several courses are completed in one month.

Hi All, there are a number of factors in our pricing.

1) We are a small mom & pop company. My husband and I own Ed4Credit. Study and SL have deeper pockets and financial backing that we don't have. Maybe someday we can be one of the big boys too. LOL

2) For a company that doesn't currently offer subscriptions, we are one of the cheapest (i.e. Sophia, Propero, etc.). If you are planning to take a number of courses per month, you will be better off with Study or SL, but if you don't have the time for that, our courses come out better. If you take one course with SL ($99 + $49 + Textbook) and/or you take longer than a month to do the class, we are cheaper. The same goes for Study if you only take one class per month, they are $199 per month. If you only have time to complete one course per month Ed4Credit is the answer. BTW... when you sign up for one of our courses you have up to 120 days (4 months) to get it complete (just in case "life" happens).

So with that alll said, we are cheaper if you are only taking one course per month or if you want longer to finish a class. It's all in your perspective! LOL

[AJ_Atlanta]

Hi All, there are a number of factors in our pricing.

1) We are a small mom & pop company. My husband and I own Ed4Credit. Study and SL have deeper pockets and financial backing that we don't have. Maybe someday we can be one of the big boys too. LOL

2) For a company that doesn't currently offer subscriptions, we are one of the cheapest (i.e. Sophia, Propero, etc.). If you are planning to take a number of courses per month, you will be better off with Study or SL, but if you don't have the time for that, our courses come out better. If you take one course with SL ($99 + $49 + Textbook) and/or you take longer than a month to do the class, we are cheaper. The same goes for Study if you only take one class per month, they are $199 per month. If you only have time to complete one course per month Ed4Credit is the answer. BTW... when you sign up for one of our courses you have up to 120 days (4 months) to get it complete (just in case "life" happens).

So with that alll said, we are cheaper if you are only taking one course per month or if you want longer to finish a class. It's all in your perspective! LOL

just wanted to say thank you for coming on here an answering all our questions. Great working getting all those courses approved and for picking up on the need for a lab course (yours are cheaper and I will add one to my list).

Hopefully you will continue to grow and provide us with even more options in the future. It's perfectly understandable that you have fulfilled the staple classes first and hopefully you will be able to provide some additional harder to find ones in the future

[gremlinbrawler]

Hi All, there are a number of factors in our pricing.

1) We are a small mom & pop company. My husband and I own Ed4Credit. Study and SL have deeper pockets and financial backing that we don't have. Maybe someday we can be one of the big boys too. LOL

2) For a company that doesn't currently offer subscriptions, we are one of the cheapest (i.e. Sophia, Propero, etc.). If you are planning to take a number of courses per month, you will be better off with Study or SL, but if you don't have the time for that, our courses come out better. If you take one course with SL ($99 + $49 + Textbook) and/or you take longer than a month to do the class, we are cheaper. The same goes for Study if you only take one class per month, they are $199 per month. If you only have time to complete one course per month Ed4Credit is the answer. BTW... when you sign up for one of our courses you have up to 120 days (4 months) to get it complete (just in case "life" happens).

So with that alll said, we are cheaper if you are only taking one course per month or if you want longer to finish a class. It's all in your perspective! LOL

This company sounds like they might become one of our favorites! I would definitely consider taking some courses from them since we've been having so much trouble with study.com. The prices are slightly higher depending on how many courses you are taking but it really depends on your circumstances. I'm personally really focused on finishing my degree fast right now because in a way time is money for me. I really don't want to start working full time again until I finish my degree so the faster I do that the faster I can start making more money. Not everyone is in the same boat as me but it really depends on the person and I think there are many people that might use them despite the price. And like they said, hopefully they're one of the big boys someday and can lower their prices even more. Their customer service looks promising based on their answers on the forums.
I'll definitely consider them especially for those upper level courses.

Also I don't know if you guys are big enough to be able to do this but if you were able to work with TESU to make a transfer page like study.com that would be super awesome.