College is out of the question for me, I'm trying to self teach myself into an IT career. I'm currently going the commonly recommended route of starting with the comptia A+, and Net+.
However I know MIT is offering these "Open Courseware" courses, such as Computer Science. Its my understanding that they are the exact same material as if someone were to actually go through a 4 year computer science course, however it doesn't cost anything, and you don't actually get a degree.
If I were to complete, or partially complete one of these courses, would that be any sort of recognized credential that could help in a job search, or is it pretty much worthless for anything other than self knowledge?
However I know MIT is offering these "Open Courseware" courses, such as Computer Science. Its my understanding that they are the exact same material as if someone were to actually go through a 4 year computer science course, however it doesn't cost anything, and you don't actually get a degree.
If I were to complete, or partially complete one of these courses, would that be any sort of recognized credential that could help in a job search, or is it pretty much worthless for anything other than self knowledge?