{"id":8837,"date":"2011-10-04T11:28:52","date_gmt":"2011-10-04T15:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/?p=8837"},"modified":"2013-01-15T18:28:22","modified_gmt":"2013-01-15T23:28:22","slug":"six-ways-to-tell-if-the-online-college-course-youre-taking-is-legit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prosebeforehos.com\/cultural-correspondent\/10\/04\/six-ways-to-tell-if-the-online-college-course-youre-taking-is-legit\/","title":{"rendered":"Six Ways to Tell If the Online College Course You’re Taking is Legit"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Thanks to the anonymity of the Internet, the tenacity of the wicked and the desperation of our times, fake online college course, aka \u201cdiploma mills\u201d, are popping up on every corner of the web<\/a>. They offer low rates for accredited degrees that can be completed in half the time to qualify students for great, high paying jobs in exciting new careers. And not only do they not deliver on the promise or even their degree, but most of the time, they just take your money or worse, your credit card and your bank account information. This didn\u2019t start with the Internet. The scam has been around since the 1880s<\/a> when fraudulent doctors would draw up fake medical diplomas and sell them to students. However, there are ways to tell if the online college course you are taking will get you an accredited diploma instead than a lower credit score.<\/p>\n 1. Stick with accredited universities<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n This one may sound like a serious no-brainer, but some of the scams and diploma mills operating on the Internet can make a phony online institution seem credible with the right design and a few flashy promises.<\/p>\n The only real way to know for sure if an online school has some serious accreditation is to make sure the people they claim are giving them proper accreditation actually gave it them. The U.S. Department of Education hands out such titles and anyone who is concerned that the online college course of their choice isn\u2019t legit can call up the proper bureau<\/a> and get a detailed and accurate list of their proper accreditation based on the type of higher learning institution and their field of study.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2. The school name sounds very similar to another popular school<\/strong><\/p>\n Of course, the best way to ensure that you\u2019re getting a legit diploma is to do it through a federally recognized and fully accredited university. Sometimes, however, the scammers have found a way to work around that as well.<\/p>\n