Online Degrees

Are they Worth anything? :confused:

I m planning to go for one but before I plunge into deep waters I would like to gather some information from anyone who has had experience or knows anything about online or e-degrees..
Thanks for all your help in advance :smile:

Reply 1

Riddy

I don't know, I thought about doing one today but they might be looked down upon or something. They can't be very sociable lol

Reply 2

santogold

Depends on what kind of online degree you are thinking of. There are obviously a lot of bogus degrees around, but if you stick with the Open University , you will be fine. It is considered a great university and employers and postgrad tutors looks very favourable at their degrees.

What are you planning to study?

Reply 3

Brianiac_gem

Oh kool! Could you tell me if I shall be able to do take this degree overseas? I live in the Middle East..So do I have to travel to UK? Something like being near that place?

Reply 4

Brianiac_gem

Can anyone link me to more of such reputable university sites tht offer online degrees?

Reply 5

ArthurOliver

There's also the American Open University and I know quite a few British universities including London (their external programme is supposed to be good), offer either distance learning or online undergraduate degrees.

Have a look around this site, http://www.rdi.co.uk/prof_path/distlearn/distlearn.html

Reply 6

santogold

The Open University (UK) http://www.open.ac.uk offers courses for people living abroad, but they are very expensive. They have a high reputation though, you can either get a named honours degree, like a BSc Psychology, BA Mathematics, etc, or a BA/BSc tailored to your own needs, written BA (Open). For that you just choose courses that interest you personally and make your own profile.

Reply 7

santogold

ArthurOliver

The AOU (you have the link to the UK Open University here), is an independet institution which specializes in Islam education.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Open_University