My OU degree is almost done; by December of next year I will hopefully have a BSc (Honours) in Computing and Systems Practice. In order to finish the degree I had to accumulate 360 points by choosing courses from an applicable list and 30 points from "free choice". I had already booked the courses for February next year which made up the last available options from the applicable list and started to look around for courses that would deliver those last 30 points; preferably starting next month so everything would be finished by 2009 (assuming I pass the exams...
The OU has released some course materials under a Creative Commons license. They've included 24 technology units (units are sections of a course); including some I've taken as part of my ongoing quest to get letters after my name. You don't even have to register to get access to the materials. The courses range from technology, through science, health, maths, education to arts and history (which includes a creative writing course, handy for all those tech specs you want to write.) Technorati tags: OU, Education, Free, Creative Commons