The problem of gold content should be viewed from many places: learning form, school, assessment form, national recognition and so on. Online education, like the joint entrance examination and self-study examination, is a personal second degree, and the gold content is definitely not as good as full-time. Among the other three forms, the self-taught examination is the most complicated in the examination process, so it is also the highest social recognition at present, and it is also another internationally recognized academic form besides full-time education. Compared with self-taught examination, online education is more suitable for working people to choose. Judging from the difficulty of admission, learning process and graduation, online education is the first choice. After all, online education can only be offered in 2 1 1 or 985 universities. Therefore, under the premise that both of them belong to the second degree and are recognized by the state, the key is to pass and graduate smoothly.