Episode
Web of Lies: Online Education
Overview
Texas A&M University professor Dr. Jim Aune appears to have it all, but unknown to his family or students, his life is in freefall as dark online secrets threaten to spill out into real life.
Details
- Series
- Web of Lies
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2015-03-04
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Online Education is Episode 8 in Season 2 of Web of Lies. It aired on 2015-03-04. The runtime is 42 min.
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