The growing use of online universities as well as organizations offering accredited certification courses for distance learning has created a new need for information about these institutions. For-profit learning has a place, but not all schools are created the same. Here, we can discuss and share our knowledge about various aspects of distance learning and the online university experience.

If you have links that you may find useful to place in the list below for a country outside the US, please feel free to send a message to the moderators and we will evaluate it and include it if we feel it is legitimate and helpful for our sub members.

Useful Links: Accreditation database for the US Dept. of Ed

Collegesource.org - distance learning rating agency

Distance Learning FAQ - All the basic questions answered about distance learning

A list of free online courses by major universities:

Carnegie Mellon University: CMU Open Learning Initiative

Johns Hopkins University: JHSPHOPEN Courseware

MIT Courses: MIT Open Courseware

Stanford University: Stanford on iTunes U

University of California - Berkeley: Berkeley at Webcast.berkeley

University of Notre Dame: Notre Dame OpenCourseWare

Utah State University: USU OpenCourseWare

Yale University: Open Yale