Are online universities like University of Phoenix or Kaplan University, MIT and Harvard A good option?

MOOCs are usually free and offer a completion certificate for those students who pay.

Training can be done on line that is difficult to do in face to face classes.
• Discussion groups, yes you can have real time discussions but online they get documented maybe they could be video.
• Video clips - online you cn watch over and over , pause, replay etc.
• High definition video could improve realism.
• Turn face-to-face to person-to-person.

The online way may be preferred to the face to face way.
• Attention spans may not be long enough for an hour or longer lecture to get fully absorbed.
• It may be better to have more bite sized chunks.
• Could make face-to-face lectures more interesting and interactive.
      
The difference in cost between MOOCs and Face To face Courses.
• GA Tech charges $134/credit for MOOCs and $472/credit for in-state students and $1,139/credit for out-of-state students.

MOOC's are better for STEM education than humanities or social science courses.

Employers may be more interested in hiring employees who obtain “stacks” of online credentials to demonstrate skills or content understanding than people with conventional degrees.

Are completion certificates for MOOCS valid proof of a students interest and involvement.