Paucek says online education started out with a bad reputation, but now people are starting to take it seriously. On the latest episode of Recode Decode, 2U CEO Chip Paucek said the idea of taking college courses online has turned a corner. Starting with USC, Georgetown and UNC Chapel Hill, his company struck deals with name-brand graduate schools to get some distance from the connotation of “online college” as a huckster’s playground.