[janoc]

Worthwhile and "fully online" are pretty much mutually exclusive.

If you want a degree then actually go to the college. Watching videos is very different than actually talking to lecturers face to face, doing exercises under supervision and guidance, having access to labs and having someone to ask if you don't know something.

There is also the aspect of self-discipline - it is very easy to goof off instead of doing your homework and sitting in front of long lectures on a computer. In a college where you are likely paying tuition you will likely think twice whether you flunk a test or a project or not, forcing you to actually work on your knowledge.

There is also the aspect that pretty much no employer (or grad school) will recognize your online-only "degree". So you may have learned a lot but in the end wasted your time because it doesn't bolster your credentials in any way.

Online programs are a good complement to a classical curriculum on campus but not really the same quality.

[lebanon_tn]

You could hold n amount of dollars in an escrow account that would donate it all to charity if you didn't make solid grades if you really wanted to.

All the other problems you cited are instances of baseless bias or could be addressed in an online setting. I suppose it depends on the university you attend but I never experienced "doing exercises under supervision and guidance" and indeed, people who can only work/be motivated in that setting woulud probably make terrible professional developers.

[lerax]

Sad to read something like that, but actually this is the thoughts of a lot of employers. So, people, ok... it's cool online grads, but go to college if is possible, it will be more easy later avoid unnecessary a lot of wrong bias about stuff like credentials.