Can I spend my days working, and still earn my online degree at night?

In general, you will have to devote the same number of hours (i.e. 10-20 hours per week, including virtual class time and time needed to complete assignments) to your online education as you would if you were going to school part-time at a regular four-year college. You will have to do the same academic level of coursework. And you will have to complete your online assignments with the same academic effort, intellectual investment, and attention to detail that you would apply to college-level assignments given in a classroom setting.