$100 Grad Degree?

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Let's take two private providers of academic content: THE MODERN SCHOLAR and THE TEACHING COMPANY.
Sticking to the audio format, my experience tells me that the quality is never inferior to that of B&M universities and most often much better, mostly because the dross and fat has been skimmed.
Sure, not all scholars are equally brilliant and not all courses are equally useful, but what they shaved were not the dates or the bulk of the subject, but the frills of classroom dynamics, pecking orders, political claptrap etc...and of course varsity sports, concert halls, dorms etc.
Of course, every scholar makes his points not all of which everybody agrees with: that's freedom.
To cut the story short, while TTC is a bit expensive at retail price, TMS offers you individual courses comparable in all aspects to standard 3 credit courses for between 70 and 100$ retail, or between 25 and 33$ per credit.
Compare that with any university, even counting the extra services they offer you , ex advising, secretarial, libraries, evaluation...
Athabasca runs at CAN$ 327 for 1 credit for non canadians...