Depends on the subject. My school just started offering one online course over the summer, so I decided to give it a shot. I actually ended up loving it.

It was a writing course and ended up working really well in the online format. Discussing readings in class can be really awkward sometimes (mostly because I'm the only one who consistently talks ), but the online discussions gave everyone the chance to gather their thoughts, pull passages from the readings, respond to everyone, etc. Then when we actually did our papers, getting feedback wasn't really any different than in a traditional writing course.

We also kept blogs and I ended up getting friendly with my professor through my blog posts; we eventually skyped a few times to discuss my papers, recommended music to each other, etc. I later visited his office on campus in the fall.

Overall a great experience! But I can see how it would be lame for subjects that require more in-depth lecturing.

I took one last semester and I thought it was easy. My schedule was packed though and I know that I would have been mentally drained if I took it on the same days as my other classes.

I took Sociology through UW online and I hated it. It was easy as **** but I didn't feel like I learned anything. I like having the teacher to listen to instead of 90% of the work being from a textbook. At least I got free college credit through my high school

Nay, but I love the mixed courses.

It depends on how well you learn independently and whether you can stay focused outside of a traditional classroom setting. You also have to be motivated enough to do the work yourself instead of just googling the answers, or you won't actually learn a thing.

Personally, I hate them.