some free distance education or 500$ for a year

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  1. birkhoff

    birkhoff New Member

    Hi everyone.
    I need several foreign universities (university, institute or academy) or a program or course, making it possible to get an education for free, but with a certificate / diploma.
    Certificate / Diploma may apply, most importantly - free training.

    Requirements for the degree / program / ​​direction:
    - Free of charge;
    - Fully remote / online;
    - The issuance of the document at the end (you can charge)
    - In the field of linguistics, translation, tourism, foreign languages ​​(only European one English - not perfect, at least two or one, but not English)

    Preferred program with a bachelor's or master.

    If this undergraduate program, it is possible for those who pay $ 500 a year

    I hope for an answers
     
  2. Maxwell_Smart

    Maxwell_Smart Active Member

    I have three options, but all are unaccredited:

    Nations University offers free tuition with a $25 registration fee and a $480 per year technology fee: nationsu.org

    University of the People offers free tuition with a registration fee of $10-$50, and a $100 per exam fee: uopeople.org

    World Education University offers free tuition: theweu.com
     
  3. birkhoff

    birkhoff New Member

    If I need to pay, only for bachelor and not otherwise. And for the certificate
     
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  4. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Not only that, but NONE of them offers ANY programs in linguistics, tourism or foreign languages, as Birkhoff asked. I don't think UOTP or WEU have conferred a single degree of any sort, so far - and have no degrees like this in their catalogs, in any case. Nations? Religious degrees only.

    If there were schools offering language degrees free or up to $500 / yr. they'd be written up here and there would be a heck of a rush. Maybe you could study by DL and get a degree in Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati etc. for that -- I dunno. But Birkhoff specified European, so...

    You couldn't even get Afrikaans at UNISA for this kind of Geld. :sad:

    Johann
     
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  5. birkhoff

    birkhoff New Member

    If all that bad, but at least free programs or courses in linguistics, tourism or foreign european languages with after certificate
     
  6. Maxwell_Smart

    Maxwell_Smart Active Member

    Okay, Johann. I missed that part somehow. My mistake. But there is no need to capitalize and underline things to make a point. You seem to do that a lot not realizing that it comes across as disrespectful. Just make the point, no need to underline and capitalize it.

    Sheesh.
     
  7. birkhoff

    birkhoff New Member

    Thanks for help guys, but i still need some courses or universities.
     
  8. sanantone

    sanantone Well-Known Member

    One can always buy a language learning system like Pimsleur, Rosetta Stone (overrated), Rocket Languages, or Fluenz. Sometimes, libraries have these for free. Penn Foster has a Travel and Tourism Specialist career diploma for $517 if you pay in full. If you need smaller payments, it's $627-795.
    Travel and Tourism Specialist Career Diploma-Penn Foster

    Ashworth College has a Travel Agent career diploma.
    Travel Agent Training - Ashworth College

    I can't think of any degree programs that are free or under $500 in those areas of study.
     
  9. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    First off - how do you know what I realize or what I don't?

    I don't view emphasizing a point as being disrespectful. Impatient, at times, but not disrespectful. That is not to say I owe you - or you owe me any more than a modicum of civility. You're not my professor, so I'm not going to alter my writing style, such as it is, to suit your convenience. If, at some future point I do want to be disrespectful -- I reserve that right, too. I'll take any consequences.

    As long as we're being critical here, please read posters' enquiries carefully, to avoid giving erroneous or irrelevant advice.

    See Sanantone's excellent and informative previous post if you need a model to go by.

    Johann
     
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  10. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    If Birkhoff wants free language lessons, there are many places on the Internet like www.mylanguages.com and Open Culture that will oblige. Usually, they do not carry certificates, but Birkhoff has said that's OK if the material is free. Many are downloadable, so one can work on them offline. All you have to do is Google "free language lessons." Open Culture also has links to around 500 free certificate-bearing courses, but mostly outside our reader's stated interests.

    There's also the famous 14-page free learning thread, here at DI. Perhaps something there will suit the OP's purpose. http://www.degreeinfo.com/general-distance-learning-discussions/21709-free-online-courses.html

    Johann
     
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  11. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    Me either. Johann's been here a long time with a consistent writing style about all sorts of things. There's nothing in it to take personally. :smile:
     
  12. sanantone

    sanantone Well-Known Member

    LOL. I'm guilty of occasionally skimming through OPs and missing an important tidbit that could help me tailor my response. Other than that, I'll stay out of this disagreement. I haven't really paid too much attention to the underlining and caps.

    To piggyback on this, one can use a free resource to learn a language and take an exam that's been evaluated for credit: CLEP, AP, New York University Foreign Language Proficiency Testing Program, Foreign Service Institute Examinations, The Defense Language Institute’s (DLI) Defense Language Proficiency Tests, OPI (Oral Proficiency International Foreign Language exams) reviewed by ACE, and TAL (Torah Accreditation Liaison (exams in Hebrew language)) reviewed be ACE or NCCRS.

    Thomas Edison State College, Excelsior College, and Charter Oak State College all offer credit banking services for a few hundred dollars.

    Penn Foster also offers a Spanish certificate for $309.
    Spanish Certificate Tuition and Payment Options-Penn Foster
     
  13. Maxwell_Smart

    Maxwell_Smart Active Member

    Because you keep doing it over and over and over again. And...

    You don't view something that's widely considered to be confrontational and uncivil in writing to be exactly that? Okay. Thanks for making my point for me, smh.

    As for the rest of your tirade, I won't even dignify it with a response. If you want to be uncivil, do it with someone else. I don't have time for it.

    In short, I've ignore listed you, with great happiness.
     
  14. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    Sanantone mentions the Big 3 - TESC COSC and Excelsior. Always a good idea for those seeking a RA U.S. degree at low cost. I see two possible drawbacks in this case:

    (1) Do any of the "Big 3" offer degree programs with a major in any of Birkhoff's stated fields of interest - languages, tourism etc? Just asking - I'm not sure they do.

    (2) Big 3 education is supposed to be inexpensive - but I'm not sure it's $500 a year inexpensive. If he doesn't have a whole bunch of previous credits, I think the cost of courses plus any "testing out" could go 'way past this figure - or take a very long time if this figure is adhered to. A single CLEP eats up close to $100 without any money for prep. or background study.

    If Birkhoff does choose a "Big 3" school, I recommend he not enroll for credit-banking until he has all or most of his credits earned. That alone saves thousands. If he does have some prev. credits and/or likes taking tests - it's a possibility.

    BTW - is the OP located somewhere he could write CLEP, DSST or other tests?

    Johann
     
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  15. birkhoff

    birkhoff New Member

    So guys I need only FREE and only with some certificate or diploma. I will pay only for a FULL bachelor program. It possible to find it, but I can't.
     
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  16. sanantone

    sanantone Well-Known Member

    While TESC does offer a foreign language degree, I was just referring to their credit banking services which are about $200-400. A credit bank transcript serves no purpose for someone who is looking to complete a degree. The credit bank doesn't require enrollment. It's sort of a last resort thing for someone who wants to show some college credits earned through foreign language exams. There is also the ACE transcript for ACE-approved courses/tests.

    I don't think you're going to find anything from a U.S. organization. Most of the free certificate programs are geared toward government-type jobs like emergency management. Organizations with free courses like Coursera, Saylor, and Udacity give certificates of completion, but they aren't accredited colleges. They also don't offer any courses of interest to you.
     
  17. Phdtobe

    Phdtobe Well-Known Member

  18. birkhoff

    birkhoff New Member

    Thanks, but show me where i can find about free and certificate or diploma?
     
  19. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    I think if someone had the answer you'd have seen it by now. What you want may simply not exist.
     
  20. Johann

    Johann Well-Known Member

    I'm with Steve 100% on this, Birkhoff. If we knew of schools offering good degrees in the fields you mentioned, for $500 a year, well...a lot of us might be your classmates. :smile: I'd figure you could find something in the 17-page "free learning" thread that would appeal to you. Some of those sources offer 50 to 100 (or more) individual courses. It's one heck of a list -- I doubt there's a more comprehensive one out there. If there is, I haven't seen it.

    As far as degrees go, I know of no nation that will offer accredited university distance education - in the fields of your choice - to foreigners at $500 a year. Possible exceptions are India --and maybe China, but I know nothing about any Chinese options for non-residents..or even if any programs exist with instruction in English. Malaysia and South Africa offer good distance programs, but the price will be maybe 3 or 4 times higher than your stated figure.

    My last suggestion for you is -- try an Indian University. Their charges to domestic students are very low, but they charge foreigners more. You may/may not find them to be within your budget. You might want to start with www.ignou.ac.in After that, use the search-gadget in this forum. Your starting search-term might be "Indian distance education." Look for posts by a user named msganti. He is our go-to guy for matters of Indian education. His recommendations are excellent.

    Good luck. And please let us know if you find a suitable university pogram.

    Johann
     
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