Does anyone else hate online classes?

So it's the summer before my junior year. I thought it would be a good idea to get a professional teaching certificate during the summers. But I work in a lab easily 60 hours a week, so after researching accredited online programs I chose one I could (barely) afford. I've taken a couple of "fun" online courses before, but I've always hated them, despite doing well in them. I'm paying a local college MORE THAN I'd pay to take the traditional course on campus, and still I'm doing all the work on my own. I read through page after page of dense material--not even a professor's notes--before making my own outlines and PPT presentations. And don't get me started on the required "student discussions." NO ONE is actually discussing anything. People are just answering questions, and then adding a sentence or two of superficial comments (required) to other students' comments.

Worst of all, the new push in education is about decreasing lecturing because, the experts say, students become bored and retain little. So we're supposed to be building engaging, memorable lectures getting students to discuss things vividly, and encouraging classes to learn by collaborating. And yet 99% of these classes are JUST READING an e-textbook and then completing busywork that puts me nearly to sleep. WTF? Oh, and send the professor a question by email? You're lucky if you get a reply the same week. And grading homework? There's always a rubric, but you just get back numbers--no comments or expert insight.

Does anyone else have a lot of experience with online classes but find them to be not nearly the great-leap-in-education we're always being told they are?