A lot of disagreement here based on the premise that "completion" is the wrong metric. No argument there, but maybe that's not the premise. I believe the best

A lot of disagreement here based on the premise that "completion" is the wrong metric. No argument there, but maybe that's not the premise. I believe the best way is to offer options for all people. (Not going into the proven-debunked-proven-debunked learning styles rabbit hole here). I've tried both a Bachelors and Masters by correspondence and performed dismally in both. I had due dates, I was financially invested but I just couldn't get engaged with the materials. The Blackboard BBS was not even close to a community of my peers and lecturers. (Seriously Blackboard fix that). I'm now 2 years into a 4 year part time MBA at a university that I attend on campus. I am engaged because I go to classes & I discuss things with both tutors, lecturers & peers, my lecturer is a person and not doing my best and then showing up to class is disrespectful and frankly embarrassing. I have gone from not even submitting some assignments because <insert excuse about life/work/busy> to a GPA that isn't perfect but is closer than I ever expected. I've also not finished a number of Coursera, PluralSight, Lynda and Linux Academy courses, but I've got value from them. Kudos to brainstation for trying to build a better platform. In the meantime I'm working like crazy to finish my MBA before my uni follows too many others into the world of online classes.