One can very well argue that accreditation system is very biased against new entrants, that's why the hack had to be devised. Whether accreditation system should be changed, is another discussion.

Personally, I see StraighterLine as Netflix of online learning. Not necessarily a bad thing.

Then again, it sounds like StraighterLine is currently a PG-13 version of Netflix with a selection of 100 DVDs.