Ed4Credit is Gone

[Merlin]

It’s really sad when money messes up nice things.

I know, but they were just too expensive. Many folks, like myself found a way around SL's 1 month membership simply by doing pre-reading of the textbook prior to even signing up. Pre-reading even works well for brick and mortar courses. If Sophia doesn't do something about their prices, they'll soon find themselves in the same boat as Ed4Credit, which sucks.

I have the same issue with SL regarding the 1 month time constraint. Could you please explain how to pre-read the text book in SL before the course is activated. I thought you can only access the text book when the course is active. Did you mean pre-read the textbook from outside sources such as buying a used book etc. I really need to get couple of courses done through SL, such as Intro to Communication, Business Statistics and possibly American Gov. Already have a month’s subscription paid for but not activated (Previously lost one month subscription without completing a course).

They're referring to things like buying an e-text copy of the textbook in advance or finding a used copy for sale. There is no way to access the textbooks before you've paid for/started the courses at SL.