Online courses might provide less opportunity for group interaction than most on-campus courses. Ours, however, will include lots of discussion postings to hopefully keep you interested in sharing with other students. Online classes require you to work well from written directions. It may take some time to get comments back from your instructor in a large online class. But you should always feel able to email me with questions about your grade, your work, or the course in general.
Online classes require at least as much time as on-campus courses.
Students surveyed say that online courses are NOT easier than on-campus courses, just more flexible. Students who do well in Distance Education courses are usually comfortable contacting the instructor as soon as they need help with the course.