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Introduction to Online Colleges
Getting the Best...
Growth in Distance Learning
Six Reasons Why Distance Learning Makes Sense
Good Distance Learning Study Habits
Online Bachelors Degree
Online Associates Degree
Bogus Online Degrees
E-Learning Management in Asia
Finding the Right Online Education
For You
Why Distance Education is Fun?
Differences in Cyber-Education
and Traditional
Developing Special Skills
How to Work and Study at the Same Time
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There will always
be con artists, people trying to make a buck on the
shady side of the street. They prey on the
unsuspecting and the ill-informed. Every year
thousands of Americans are hoodwinked by direct mail
scams that offer them great prizes and vacations.
Some of these victims, many of them elderly or
senior citizens invest their hard earned savings
with unscrupulous crooks who fleece them of their
money through promises of exorbitant returns. The
bottom line in business is to know who you are
dealing with and check them out if things they say
or do raise concern.
Unfortunately these scammers have found the Internet
to be a great and anonymous way to select new
victims. One way they do this is by creating fake
universities and colleges that grant bogus degrees.
A bogus online degree is one that will be worthless
to you in the future and will not be accepted as
proof of your credentials by any other institution
or employer.
Some experts say that there are at least thirty
“universities” offering bogus online degree programs
and they are willing to sell you a degree, even if
you never plan to attend classes. Be forewarned, a
degree without the proper accreditation is only
worth the piece of paper that it is written on and
no one will give you any of the respect and rewards
that you think you may deserve with a bogus degree.
The process of accreditation is supervised by a set
of regional accreditation agencies across the United
States. They examine all aspects of the online
degree program to ensure that it meets or exceeds
nationally established standards. They look at the
curriculum, the instructors, the course material and
the quality control processes that the institution
has in place before they agree to accredit the
program. This ensures that an online degree granted
by one institution is as least as good as all of the
rest and it protects students, the school and
prospective employees from embarrassment or
disappointment later.
There are over 750 online degree programs that are
accredited and open to the public across the United
States. Some are very small and highly specialized
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