I have had 3 online courses, all education related, and I honestly do not like them.
The first one was supposed to be about learners with special needs and how teachers can help them. First off, it was only about students with learning disabilities and nothing was mentioned about how to deal with students who have physical handicaps. Also because of the book and assignments, I learned virtually nothing in that class. Not a single assignment made me do more than copy/paste from stuff we were supposed to read. There was no challenge whatsoever and honestly barely even related to art education. I felt like it was a waste of my time.
The second one was highly repetitive of stuff I'd already learned, so while I enjoyed the content, it was redundant. It was also super easy because it was during the summer and the teacher had a baby in the middle of the course, so she had to make it easier on herself so she could grade everything. So while I liked it, learning was low.
The one I'm in right now has interesting content, but again, a large portion of it is redundant. It's about multi-cultural education, which while I understand not a lot of education programs teach about this, the art education department is ALL ABOUT multicultural education. It's not only a part of what I've been learning, it's already incorporated into how I teach. Also this class is FULL of busy work and they're due on multiple days throughout the week and in such a way that you can't do everything in advance. It's annoying. I can't work at a pace I'm comfortable with, unlike other classes that only meet once a week. I mean, I'm learning a considerable amount, but I really just hate the format and feel like I would learn SO much more if this class met in person. Also it would do away with busy work, which I absolutely hate. This isn't high school, this is grad school, I think we're beyond busy work, especially since it's pretty much proven to do nothing to improve learning.