Perhaps not everyone has the luxury of hands on or collage based courses. Availability can be really problematic as can travel and time espcially with young familys, work, being a carer for a family member to name a few examples.
Distance learning is indeed becoming more and more popular and whilst i agree hands on practical work cannot be done on-line an awful lot of other stuff can be safely and acurately taught.
What would be more helpful is some sort of accreditation, professional body that regulated these course so that we could make informed choices that ensure consistantly high standards for us as healers/therapist/student that protect us and our clients.
That course seems really informative and interesting. I would see it as a way of increasing your knowledge so you could better advise clients you are treating. I always go into chakra health with clients no matter what therapy I am using. Of course there are books out there that you could get, instead of paying for this course. I'm all for distance learning to expand my knowledge. I dont think they're good for practical courses such as massage or Reflexology but I've studied Colour Therapy, Crystal Therapy and a few others distance. The place I studied with gave me insurance details of companies who would insure them, but as I just use the knowledge, and don't actually practice the therapies, i didnt add them to insurance.