Open university courses go by a lot of different names, such as MOOC’s and distance university courses, and this is all due to them being a relatively new phenomenon. They are in effect the inheritor of distance learning, which has been the option for many families living in rural areas for generations, but what sets this reiteration of the older model apart is that instead of a reliance upon radio communication, it is now operated by using the internet as the platform.

These new open university courses are offered by some of the highest ranking universities, as means through which anybody in any situation can gain access to some of the most intensive syllabi in existence, and ultimately they allow them to acquire some of the best graduate degrees. The real value of these courses is that they can potentially be provided for any subject absolutely free, which opens up these opportunities to all of those who’ve at some point in time been put off by the high fees required for university attendance.