Dive Brief:

• Writing for Wired, Simon Dudley argues that employers should accept online course credits and not just accredited degrees because it's the knowledge gained in the classes that matters, not the diploma.
• Dudley argues that an Internet education offers students the best of everything from around the world, whereas a traditional degree often confines students to a single campus.
• Older workers, in particular, benefit from online learning because typically a 50-year-old cannot afford to put herself in debt to get another four-year degree in order to change careers.

Dive Insight:

Many of Dudley's arguments are not new, but the point about older workers benefiting from online education rings particularly true, especially as college costs creep up.