No not especially. People fall behind in both classes. You have to work a whole lot in both classes. But there electives. They're not part of a curriculum, so no one is obliged to take these courses.
People take the class because they want to learn.
A lot of people drop out of the online class. It started with 19 and now there are 12. People sign up and they don't really know what it entails. No since there is no banter, I am perhaps am more of an authority figure in the online class. There are not really discussions in the class.