Online Math Courses Help

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by dramtic, Oct 1, 2013.

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  1. dramtic

    dramtic New Member

    I'm looking for online College Algebra and Statistics courses from a regionally accredited university, with no prerequisites or proctored exams requirements. Also, courses can be semester based and have due dates, but exams should have no time limits. Is what I'm looking for completely unrealistic?

    ALEKS seems perfect, but it's ACE credit, which significantly limits my options if I try in the future to transfer credits to a local university and go through the traditional college route. Does anyone have any experience with using ALEKS that way? It seems courses from a regionally accredited university are a much safer bet.

    I know that American Public University (regionally accredited) offers math courses without requiring a proctor or prerequisites, but based on their outdated syllable, seems to require weekly untimed quizzes (good) and one timed final exam (not so good). I may have no other choice but to take their math courses, so can anyone post their experiences taking them?

    I would really appreciate any suggestions or comments.

    Thanks!
     
  2. Jonathan Whatley

    Jonathan Whatley Well-Known Member

  3. dramtic

    dramtic New Member

    Thanks Jonathan, that math course would of been perfect had it been statistics or college algebra. Unfortunately, Excelsior's other math courses have timed exams. I looked through dozens of community colleges and they all require proctored time exams. I'm not looking for easy courses per se, I just find that I need much more time than typically given to do well at math exams.

    Oh well, ALEKS would of been perfect, but it seems there there is nothing similar to it that is regional accredited.
     
  4. scholarly

    scholarly New Member

    Many RA colleges accept ACE credit

    My suggestion is that you ask any RA college you are interested in for future admission, ahead of time, if they accept ACE credits. There are huge lists of colleges that do accept them. My college accepted College Algebra from ALEKS. and I am happily proceeding at my own pace with it. The assessment "tests" and work is not timed, which is perfect since my physical disability severely affects my speed, but the course content is very, very challenging, thorough, and the software is intuitive and demands that you totally master the subject topic before proceeding. I am a nontraditional student, and this worked for me.

    So do ask the RA colleges you are considering. More and more of them are realizing this is a legitimate and rigorous method, and possibly more rigorous than brick and mortar classroom methods.

    Best wishes.............
     
  5. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

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