[Vanity Post] Any recommendations for good online technical education?

n/a ^ | 29 January 2004 | COBOL2Java

[COBOL2Java]

I'm interested in any opinions that Technical Freepers may have about online technical distance education. I'm interested in keeping my technical skills up to date (approaching 20 years in IT) and I believe that my personal schedule would preclude in-class learning. My current career track is in the area of Technical Architecture, so I would like to delve more deeply into the nuts and bolts of Win2K, Windows Server 2003, .net, etc.

I've participated in distance education in the past and liked it a lot. A few of my forays include:

• techies.com which offers dozens of technical courses accessible through your browser. Very good, but not that in-depth.
• University of Idaho Engineering Outreach - an excellent way to go, but somewhat pricey. My current employer offers extremely limited tuition reimbursement (one of the first benefits casualties of the .com bust).
• Corporate Online Education website. This one's been scaled back significantly (see commment above).

As you might gather from my comments, I would be footing the bill for much of this, so I'm reluctant to shell out a lot of dough. Any opinions? Thanks in advance for your input!

[MississippiMan]

I was only using the MSCE as illustrative of the costs at the school, not to suggest that you were interested. As to being a good value, I think NOT.

And my point was that while the MCSE costs may have been high, the costs for the program I'm in are right in line with other comparable programs. I'm sure the Microsoft programs are far more competitive. Mine is much more of a specialty niche.

MM

[TomServo]

I'd forget Wrox. They've been split up and purchased by several other publishers. The quality (IMO) has gone down the tubes...

[dfwgator]

I think Apress bought out Wrox.

[TomServo]

Right. I think there were additional publishers in the mix, also. The last Wrox book I bought - sucked. Probably because it was written by 8 different authors. Typos, examples that don't work, no continuity, etc.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

BUMP

[mrsmith]

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Electrical-Engineering-and-Computer-Science/index.htm

Not as technically focussed as you asked for, but may be of interest to others attracted to the thread.
Free BTW.