Open University

[A.Baird3]

I'm considering studying computing at the OU. Anyone else here studied at the OU (computing or otherwise) and have opinions on it?

I'm at home with a disability (though my mind is keen), so 'normal' uni is a less desirable option, so I'm thinking OU is the way to go. I'd be interested in others' experiences.

 

[A.Baird3]

I did some OU courses a couple of years ago and they were pretty good but they've priced themselves out of the market.

If you want a good education but that is free then go to the following websites:

https://www.coursera.org/
http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/
http://online.stanford.edu/courses

Pretty much the best courses in Computer Science are available for free from these sites. Much better than the OU courses (and also much harder so be warned). The MIT ones are particularly recommended as MIT is the number 1 university in tech related courses in the world.

But do any of those courses lead to recognized qualifications/certificates you can take to an employer?

 

[A.Baird3]

Thanks for the links.

I have no specific area in mind, thus a general computing course. Not programming though, I'm not really into programming. Though I don't mind touching on it.