Nowadays distance learning has become vary popular among both young people and among those who did not manage to earn a degree at the time of their youth. Millions of people all over the world try to combine studying and working but quite a few succeed in this very responsible issue. It is not surprising that either your studies or your job suffers from your inability to manage everything at the same time.

Open University is the only University in the world that provides its students with all possible courses and degrees not just in a particular country, but in different parts of the world.

Location

It is considered to be a UK’s invention, though the courses are studied in other countries of Europe, Asia, the two Americas and even Africa. It does not really matter where you are, though there should be some OU centers in your country so that you could participate in tutorials, either regular or intensive (once every two or three weeks and once in a week accordingly) together with other students and a tutor.

Students

Thanks to the existence of the great variety of teaching methods Open University or OU, is available to everyone. There are more than 180,000 people studying at this University and more than 70% of them are full employed. More and more women can afford earning a degree without sacrificing to their family life. Disabled people are no longer out of place. Over 100,000 of all the students have some disabilities. Thanks to the distance learning they have the opportunity to do everything by themselves and they are free to choose the pace of learning that is more appropriate to them personally.

Quality of education

The Open University has gained popularity among working people and the quality of education does not let you doubt. In this respect the employers are ready to sponsor earning the first or the additional degree by their workers. And more than 50,000 OU students have financial support of their bosses.

Ways of teaching

Self-study plays an extremely important role here. If you don’t have a wish, nothing will come out of it. The students are provided with a wide range of course books that are meant for self-study. You have the time limits during which you have to study certain units covering definite topics. At the end of the unit you have questions and tasks that are to be completed so that you could learn the information properly.

But surely if you are not able to do everything by yourself and you can attend face-to-face tutorials together with other students and a teacher. But they are not obligatory. There are also laboratory works or field trips, plus periodic symposia the students have a chance to attend in any OU center in their country. TV, radio and even internet are extensively used in the process of teaching so the matter of your location is no longer a problem.

The success of the Open University is clear. It was founded in 1969 and over 3 millions of people have earned the degrees since that time. The employers are interested in the quality of education it gives their workers and fully trust this institution. It gives new opportunities to millions of people so now there are no borders on the way to knowledge.