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Re:University of Wisconsin to offer degrees based on tested ... by learc83 on Saturday January 26, 2013 @01:09AM (#5119461)
>If you give people a test they can take online, how long do you think it will be before the answers get out there and people are just easily getting degrees?

The tests are very unlikely to be online. The most probable scenario is that they are proctored at local professional test centers just like nearly every other distance education program.

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Re:University of Wisconsin to offer degrees based on tested ... by bphogan on Saturday January 26, 2013 @10:39AM (#5120592)
You think so? If students can never show up to a classroom, why would they show up for a test? I've taken DE courses from a few different places - all of them used the LMS for the final. No proctor needed.

Protoring costs money. The idea here is to charge for degrees while keeping resources the same, or reducing them. I can give you a few online tests, charge you $12,000 for an accredited degree, and we both win. You get a degree without having to show up, and nobody has to extend resources other than a little bit of time to grade your stuff.

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