Coe Onlinetrainingcourses Reviews 1

My partner was considering taking a course with this company. So I did some research and digging. This is what I found - make your own mind up.

Firstly - no external reviews, anywhere which is ALWAYS red flag. Then a 'review geek' website with one long, incoherent review (paid for by companies who create such things for Google placement?? I don't know) It was 1000% positive, and to me stank of - fake, fake, fake!!!!

Finally I found some useful (recent-ish, 2015) thoughts on a chat room thread of a particular website apparently with learners who had paid up for 'centre of excellence' courses:

I was stupid enough to sign up for the NLP course through Mighty Deals. It consists of 3 ebooks and a couple of sheets of advice about reading body language.

TBH it's a load of festering hogwash with no support, no introductory video, no interactive forums - in fact no interaction. You're just left to work it out yourself; practice it all by yourself with no feedback and then complete the assessment at the end of the book which you send off once you're done. I wrote to them and phoned asking for help and received a link to some really bad Youtube films, obviously made by one of the teachers - but it doesn't teach you anything about NLP. It should really be called Centre of Incompetence because their courses are a steaming
pile of horse ****

The only reason people do it is because you can get an accredited certificate at the end but what that's worth in terms of reputation - I have no idea. IMHO they are a bunch of cowboys who are after a quick buck. Do it if you want but be prepared to do it 100% alone

I have just bought a 200 hour Private investigator Training Course via Mighty Deals for £20. I read the whole thing through o=in less than an hour and would have done the "assessmnets in less than that. THe course is pure crap, and advises prospective PI's that most PI carry a gun but bit all. This is the UK for God's sake, i can't even own a pea shooter without getting jailled. I sent a e mail to their customer support stating that it was crap and got one back thanking me for the positive feedback, so I think their Customer Service dept is a robot, I may phone them in the morning to see if I can get a reply!. I have copied MD in to my mails so with luck they will drop this load of shysters from their otherwise very useful site
My advice, do not buy anything from this load of crooks!

So what do you think? It's up to you. Personally I think one has to be VERY circumspect with online courses. And it does depend on what course you are doing and why. If you just want the piece of paper (qualification) for something and you don't really care about the quality of the actual training and support-then online courses can work. For anything professional however at some point, someone will probably check and you want to make sure that your course is accredited by a body that is fully recognised for your industry (ask your dream destination what they will and won't accept if you're not sure). But even crappy online courses, can open doors if you're lucky. I know that from experience. but it's a risky enterprise and you could just end up throwing money away. Buyer beware. Good luck - hope that helped.