About 12 hours research on online undergrad degrees for my son.
The Open University has lost its original tradition and become just another corporate scam.
My son's final course unit failed to upload properly on their system. No error message. They are refusing to grade the whole course even though every other unit he scored high through the year and he had no way of knowing this last one was a dud. Result: FAIL - and we're supposed to pay another £800/ $1,285 for him to redo the year's work! Nice little earner.
So I researched and found London U has begun online degrees - ordinary degrees at £8,500 $13,000 a year are beyond us. WE have 3 days to register him so masses of reading to do to select the right degree path.
Sun is shining out there ... wistful. But at least my boy is going to be OK.