Taking an online course is not for everybody, as you may have a regular scheduled meeting via a multi-user conference video on Skype at a set time that you might not be able to attend due to other things in life taking priority at those times. You may also have to travel miles to the Course centre to attend a class for about an hour and on one day during each week for the the duration of the course, this can be off-putting but the hours they usually require to study are only a few hours each week so you may be able to shift things around in your life, or look for a course that will have better flexibility for your schedule.
Taking an online course can be difficult, especially considering you will be studying online and will lose motivation from time to time and feel like you don’t want to go on. Though the rewards are always better when you do a course, firstly for the betterment of self, and secondly for the advancement of your skillset.
You may be a recent graduate who is missing certain skills that will enable you to get a job within a field you want to go into; a job that you could do with the skills and experiences you gained whilst at University, but lacking in one area. So if this is the case taking an online course that fits around you is certainly something you should do, and when you do you need to set goals and stick to them to get what you need.