This goes back to the student teacher ratio questions. I think if ALL things are equal, learning objectives, approximately identical materials, class sizes, and learning objectives, I believe online and classroom should be managed and compensated similarly. I do hold that a GOOD Online teacher "works" more hours with the same number of students. However, he or she has a much more flexible schedule, no driving/travel time, and heck--one can check email with morning coffee in hand on the back porch! Tutoring "slow" learners is a completely different question. Outside of reasonable "office" or "virtual office" hours, I do not think ANY teacher should tutor unreasonably "for free." So, YES, if an Online teacher is responsible to work with numerous students, who were not really ready for the course to begin with, then they should be compensated. However, I believe this is true for Online or Classroom. Tutoring Labs should be available in either modality, prerequisites MUST be followed, and remedial/prep courses should be available in any learning environment. There is no “fair” compensation for having ANY teacher tutor an Algebra student in basic math! This is poor academic management and all too often happens. I believe teachers should be compensated based on the number of students who take (not necessarily pass) the final exam. This would reward based on class size AND retention, without having the incentive to “dumb down” the final and course content.