It is the general consensus of the people I used to work with that people with online degrees are generally not taken as seriously in the working world as people with brick and mortar degrees. If you are serious about your education, why wouldn't you be serious about putting your time and effort into an actual university? In my opinion, and theirs, online courses are fine if they are for a prereq class or elective, but shouldn't be used to try to complete a "degree"...
Then again my experience was talking with people in the financial field.. maybe a vet tech would be looked at differently.