Evaluating Your Online Readiness

Posted on April 17, 2007 by Jennifer Brady

If you are contemplating the online college education option, there are some important questions you should ask yourself. Ten of these questions are offered at this link. The most important one, perhaps, is the question posed at the opening of this overview article:

Online courses can be a terrific way to both pick up the education you need and still be able to work, parent, or juggle the many commitments that define most adult lives. But is it right for you?

Of course, ten questions probably doesn’t exhaust the entire range of questions or concerns anyone might have in advance of deciding in favor of the online option.

One question not provided in the linked article is perhaps one of the most critical of all in my view. In short, “Is it important to you that the credit, certification or degree you earn online comes with the same prestige and distinction as traditional on-campus coursework?” If, as I hope, you answer “Yes” to that question, then you want to select an online institution that is held in high esteem… that is offering online coursework every bit as good, rigorous, and valued as that of traditional education.

It is this specific difference that has made UMassOnline one of the leading choices in the nation today. UMassOnline is UMass.