Open University do not care about your education. Only collecting your fees. I have been really disappointed by the lack of teaching quality on the Postgraduate course I started.
I since stopped as I was clearly wasting my time and unwilling to throw good money after bad. Yes I passed the first assessment only due to my own graft, but was I learning? No.
If you are only after specific qualifications or letters after your name then by all means trudge along. But for the extortionate cost you pay you will definitely not get value for money in terms of learning outcomes and support. A significant amount of the effort is geared towards assessment, which is not the same as learning.
Tutors appear to be spread too thin, the feedback given is generic and unhelpful to actually learning, just scoring higher on tests. There are so many free online courses that have similar/ superior content to the Open university. There is no need to waste your money on their expensive courses. For £1600 for one module I got: 1 book, access to a website, 3 faceless online tutorials and 2 essays marked and access to an exam. Open University was once a great way to access education for those without other options, but today, with the astronomical costs, it is simply to not good enough.
Do yourself a favour and go to a cheaper competitor.
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