Onlinedegree.com

[Merlin]

So I was browsing the NCCRS website when I came across onlinedegree.com
Apparently it is brand new: "OnlineDegree.com, an NCCRS member since February 2018, is making higher education more accessible and affordable for everyone"
Browsing the site it only let me sign up for an invite only beta program that it says will be launching soon within the next 30 days. The site says it intends to be completely free as well which is quite intriguing. There are 13 courses that already have NCCRS approval.

Has anyone seen or heard of this program before? Does it seem legit?

I don't know much about them, but I believe they have been in alpha for the last 6 months or so. Always nice to see more free options out there.

The courses they have NCCRS approved so far are:

• Astronomy- Introduction to Cosmology (AS101)
  
• Biology- Organisms and Ecosystems (BG101)
  
• Business- Introduction to Accounting and Finance (BS102)
  
• Business- Introduction to Strategy and Marketing (BS101)
  
• Computer Science- Introduction to Programming (CS101)
  
• Cooking- Introduction to Culinary Skills (CK101)
  
• Criminal Justice- Cybersecurity and Cybercrime (CJ103)
  
• Economics- Introduction to Microeconomics (EC101)
  
• Environmental Science- Climate Change & the Cryosphere (EV103)
  
• Healthcare- Introduction to Public Health (HC101)
  
• Nutrition & Health- Body Sculpting with Diet and Exercise (NU102)
  
• Psychology- Introduction to Psychology (PS101)
  
• Robotics- Introduction to Robotics (RB101)
  

Mostly standard fare lower-division courses, but they do have a few non-standard courses that look interesting to me. So, if I get an invite or they end up launching before I'm done, I may be compelled to take some.