Individuals want to be able to trust that the money that they pay and the work that they do to achieve the certification is recognized by the companies that seek employment with. Over the years numerous organizations rose up purporting to be a college or university and granting degrees and diplomas for a cost and no course work. These have been called “Diploma Mills” because all they produced were pieces of paper worth nothing more than the paper that they were printed on. It didn’t take long for reputable organizations to recognize that they were worthless.