Study.com is switching to non-proctored and open-book exams

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I've taken several exams since the change. I did the typing verification and didn't have to do anything with my ID or take a photo. I was able to keep my typed notes open during the exam and had no issues.

On the cheating discussion: I have a BS and MS from traditional B&M universities. I know people who cheated their entire way through college with in person exams. If someone wants to cheat, they will.

I appreciate this change because I have several health issues and being able to stand up and stretch, move to another location, and use the bathroom during the exam really helps me. Before I felt like I had to rush through because I was in pain and just needed to get the exam over with.

Oh cmon,  this is a classic strawman take.

Of course, people find ways to cheat at BM schools, but it's WAY harder to cheat in a classroom with a teacher present or during a Zoom/desktop-locked exam. Saying that some cheating happens at BM schools vs Sophia essentially having no safeguards against cheating, is a joke comparison. I call BS on someone cheating their entire way through a BM school, there is no way to do it on every exam unless the prof is comatose.

Your last part is just an excuse. It's the same lame excuse people use when they say they have "test anxiety". Its always going to be SOMETHING.

Sophia green lights cheating. There are ZERO barriers to cheating and you know it.

You can feel about it however you want. Believe me or don't about people cheating. I also don't care if you believe me about my chronic illnesses or not. 

This whole forum is dedicated to getting degrees more easily than traditional schools so really if you want to be a stickler perhaps all alternative credit options should go away. None of the classes I've taken at Study or Sophia are even remotely comparable to how rigorous the traditional route is. That doesn't mean people aren't learning from them and they aren't valid, but acting like Study was just so much more difficult than Sophia because of proctored tests is silly. I have two degrees from the traditional route and I don't have anything to prove. I'm happy for the change.