Commonwealth Open University

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  1. rvrric

    rvrric New Member

    Any opinions on THIS establishment?
     
  2. AWN

    AWN New Member

    Work is involved as per there web page, but remains unaccredited; not GAAP equivalent.
    Located in the BVI, programs run from Spain.

    There are lots of accredited, GAAP equivalent schools available now.
     
  3. uncle janko

    uncle janko member

    I wouldn't if I were you.

    As you pointed out, it's run from Spain (but is not a real accredited-equivalent Spanish University) but located in the BVI (but is not part of the accredited University of the West Indies, and the BVI have no accrediting agency of their own).
    Take a look at the "work". For the bachelor's, they demand 120 points. This sounds cleverly like the fairly standard 120 credit hours expected by real colleges and universities, but it's not. One course equals 20 points! Thus, a bachelor's can be obtained by doing 6 courses. This is a bad joke, guys. When I was doing my accredited bachelor's, I took 5 courses per semester. If they were rated according to this school's system, I could have finished a "bachelor's" in just over one semester.

    You might well be expected to do real work for this tiny handful of courses, but the degree itself is worthless and a fake.

    Sure, requirements do vary a little bit from university to university within accredited patterns (US pattern, UK pattern, SA pattern). This 6-course bachelor's is just silly.

    Maybe the worst part of it is that they expect you to do work for your fake degree. Why? To fool you into thinking it's real? To give you an arguing point--if you have no conscience?

    Mind, I'm not attributing either stupidity or mendacity to you. But one or the other must be presumed by this awful "school".

    You guys are new posters here. If you're new to distance learning, best of luck to you. Get a copy of Bear's book. Carefully use the search function on this site to find out about specific schools or fields of study. Please ask about schools that interest you. Somebody around here will almost certainly know something useful to you. Again, best wishes.
     
  4. AWN

    AWN New Member


    Yes. Unk is correct.
    I said work is involved, well sort of:rolleyes:
    I didn't realise it was 6 courses x 20 points.
    I mistook it for 120 credits, thinking it was 40x3 credits.
     

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