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Experiences like this can only dampen student enthusiasm for online learning: "I am attending an online college for the first time and I am starting to get a bad taste in my mouth about the amount of effort that some of my professors are putting forward in my courses. I feel like some of them are 'skating' and all I am paying for is a book, a posted syllabus, and a final exam." The anonymous author describes his or her experiences in greater detail; the article is followed by the usual Slashdot discussion reporting a wide range of experiences with different providers, including many less than flattering comments about the University of Phoenix.

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