In the US, college is very much about being taught - everyone following the professor's lectures through the syllabus step by step, with exercises, quizzes, and

In the US, college is very much about being taught - everyone following the professor's lectures through the syllabus step by step, with exercises, quizzes, and tests for course after course. It's my impression that in other countries the student is given broader direction, studies more on their own, attends lectures or not, meets with tutors, and is assessed at the end of the semester. This seems sort of half way between the US college and the US online approaches. The fully online approach seems good only for those who are natural autodidacts or as a fallback for those who simply can't get through some of the non-CS required college courses.