But has anyone tracked actual time spent vs awarded hours across providers? I did 30 hours last weekend split between CEUfast and NursingCE.com (both $39.99 subs) and kept seeing 1.0‑hr modules take 52–55 minutes, with post‑test thresholds at 80% vs 75% and cost per hour roughly $1.33; what’s your benchmark for cost/hour and minutes‑per‑credit, and who’s closest to the listed credit time?
I time each module and log ‘minutes-per-credit’ in a quick sheet; NetCE averages about 48–50 min/credit for me and with their $25–30 promos it’s under $1/hr if you stack 30+. Small caveat: content density matters more than the 75–80% post‑test cutoff, so I pick PDF-heavy courses I can skim — like timing your coffee drip. @OP want a copy of the sheet?
On CEUfast I average 46–49 minutes per credit by taking the post-test first, then deep-reading only the missed objectives; that keeps it ~$1.30/hr for 30 hours, but the 80% bar means a rough first try can wipe out the savings… @OP want my tiny tracker to log “minutes-per-credit” automatically?
Quick example: I get closest to the posted hour count by choosing 4–6 hr monographs on Nurse.com and doing them in one sitting — the single exam scales better than repeating setup on lots of 1‑hr pieces, and during their bundle sales it runs about $1/hr. Caveat: the long stretch can be a slog; have you tried a couple longer modules instead of many short ones, @OP?