Most largish libraries carry university courses for those who want to
trouble themselves with an education. The biggest problem with all these
things is not the availability of tutors to help you understand, that
can be catered for on the net at any amount of newsgroups. Nor is it a
problem working alone. Well it is, but at least you are not distracted
by college life.

The biggest problem is that you don't get the cachet that "going to MIT"
ads to your CV.


And of course, although many of the MIT courses have lecture notes
available, the notes I've looked at were not really designed for independent
study, but to be viewed in conjunction with the lecturer speaking.

Reminds me of when you used to miss a lecture at Uni and try and make sense
from the handouts!

- Michael