OnlineDegree.com Is Finally Open

[MNomadic]

It looks like the core part of each course comes from either Great Courses or UCI Open Courseware.  Each lesson includes the main lecture (from one of these sources) and then supplementary videos and materials. The quiz description says that the quizzes are based on the main lecture.

It seems like it would be nice, then, to have an option to simply get credit for a Great Courses or UCI Open Courseware course by creating a proctored final.  Why recreate the course, when these courses have already been created?  Why not just create the means for evaluating mastery?

The courses are probably better than sitting through a boring lecture, but I find it hard to believe that any institution is going to honor credits from the course provider. It all just seems too good to be true. I guess we'll see.

We won't know absolutely for sure until people start transferring courses in but those courses are already approved by NCCRS, which is accepted by at least the big 3. OD also already developed guaranteed transfer agreements with excelsior, trident, ashworth and SNHU(this list seems to grow every few weeks). For context, it felt too good to be true that I could finish 6 courses completely free from study.com but I did and they transferred perfectly to TESU. I also managed to complete 5 courses through Sophia completely free. I've also been knocking out CLEPs completely free.

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The courses are probably better than sitting through a boring lecture, but I find it hard to believe that any institution is going to honor credits from the course provider. It all just seems too good to be true. I guess we'll see.

I have seen people on the forum question whether or not the diploma and/or transcript would say that their degree was an "online degree" because they were trying to avoid that stigma (I believe the complaint may have been about Patten possibly). 

My question is...if an employer actually wants to see your transcript for some reason, will they see where the credit sources are from? Will I have "onlinedegree.com" all over my transcript and have it look less legit? I was already wondering if I would have to explain sources like SL or ed4credit on a transcript.

 Forgive my ignorance, maybe the transcript just lists the course and not the source?
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It may be different for different schools but it may just show as transfer credit. If you're looking into a graduate school program, they will typically want to see original transcripts from all academic sources, so you can't hide or "launder" your credits. Something to keep in mind.

My suggestion, is that if someone is ashamed of alternative credits, online degrees, or degrees from the big 3, don't do it. It would be a waste of your time and you shouldn't have to try and deceive employers about the nature of your degree. You should be able to proudly own your degree if questioned about it. They can make their choice about if they think your degree is worthy but more than likely, they will decide if they think the candidate is worthy. After all, they're not hiring your piece of paper, they're hiring the person. You get out of something what you put into it, so if someone did the bare minimum or cheated their way through a degree and/or tried to hide the nature of their degree(online/alternative sources), then it will most likely show and they won't likely be hired.