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Distance Learning Cons:
Here are some factors that could negatively affect your success with distance learning courses:

1. No Instructor Face Time
- If your learning style is one where you like personalized attention from your teachers, then online education will probably not suit you.

2. Perceptions/Reputation
- While more mainstream colleges and universities embrace distance learning, there still is a stigma attached to distance education.

3. Requires New Skills/Technologies
- If you’re not computer-savvy or are afraid of change or new technologies, then online education will probably not work for you.

4. No Social Interaction
- While you often interact with classmates via email, chat rooms, or discussion groups, there are no real-life social interactions or get-togethers.

5. Making Time
- If you are a procrastinator or one of those people who always needs an extra push to complete work, you may have a hard time making time for your online classes.

6. Little Support
- Students are expected to find their own resources for completing assignments and exams, which is empowering for some, but daunting for others.

7. No Campus Atmosphere
- Part of the traditional college experience, of course, is the beauty of the campus, the college spirit, but you have none of that with distance-education courses.

Source:
Hansen. R.S., Distance Learning Pros and Cons http://www.quintcareers.com/distance_learning_pros-cons.html, 21 July 2009