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Oh another monthly subscription with no accredited learning. If you want to actually learn mathematics, buy Open University book sets and work through them. MU
by crinkly 1y ago
Oh another monthly subscription with no accredited learning.
If you want to actually learn mathematics, buy Open University book sets and work through them. MU123 -> MST124 -> MST125 -> M208 -> MST224. Diversion of M140 if you want stats. They are written by actual professionals, the course is accredited and if you like it you can turn that into an actual qualification as well. All the textbooks are in-house written over the space of over 40 years (!) and designed for self-learning.
The whole set is on github somewhere as well if I remember - search for it.
- dugmartin 1y agoIt shows this 3/4 the way down on their homepage (https://mathacademy.com/ https://mathacademy.com/): > Math Academy's courses are fully accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Schools, Western Association of Schools and Colleges. www.acswasc.org
- crinkly 1y agoIt matters who as well as that. OU are accredited by Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, Institute of Physics and Royal Statistical Society for example (I am a member of two of these).
- mtts 1y agoBut if you self study using the OU books, you yourself will not be accredited.
- zelos 1y agoYou have to give them ~£23k for that honour.
- crinkly 1y agoDid that a number of years back. Was worth it.
- zelos 1y agoWorth it in the personal sense, or career-wise? I'd love to do a maths degree, but being mid-40s with family, mortgage, career etc makes it hard to see myself doing it for real.
- crinkly 1y agoI finished it when I was 47 and have a full time job, 3 kids and a care responsibility for a sick parent. Planning is the word :)
- mettamage 1y agoPaying that money was worth it? Why not just self-study then? The fact that you did the whole journey with that amount of responsibilities is impressive!
- crinkly 1y agoCorrect but you know the material is good.