I think the fundamental question is whether you have the self discipline to do the work by yourself. If you are highly self disciplined, and a self starter, the

I think the fundamental question is whether you have the self discipline to do the work by yourself. If you are highly self disciplined, and a self starter, then there are a lot of good quality, free options, like Coursera, Udacity, MIT's OpenCourseware, etc. If you need an external push, like knowing that you've spent a lot of money on a course, then this may be for you, although it seems like a lot of money to me.