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Since the advent and widespread usage of online courses and curriculum there has been debate over how viable an option they actually are for degree granting institutions.

Because people taking classes online seldom actually enter a classroom or truly interact with an instructor, the question is sometimes raised about whether or not taking classes online is, in fact, equivalent to taking them in a classroom setting. Another point of dispute is whether or not students are doing the same amount of work to get high marks in their online classes as their real life classroom counterparts.

This academic paper examines whether or not grades are inflated by classes that function on a particular platform. In particular, the paper looks at whether or not students who participate in class online instead of in a regular classes in a traditional classroom get better or worse grades based solely on that fact. The paper may help you decide whether or not you want to take college courses online or not.

A university caliber program was put to the test to determine the quality of education participants were receiving from their online course. You can read about what distance and time did to affect the study and how and if they did.