I initially typed this as a comment on this thread https://www.nairaland.com/3701475/pros-cons-distant-learning. But I thought It'd get a wider reach if I posted it as a topic of its own. And I've expanded it.

In case you don't yet have enough cash to finance a distance learning program or even a physical program, you can always start learning something if you have little time and data to spare.

Here are some services you can use for free.
1. https://lagunita.stanford.edu/ Mostly computer science but a few in other areas
2. https://www.coursera.org/ Covers more subject matter. Just do a search
3. https://www.udacity.com/ Mostly computer science
4. https://www.edx.org/
5. https://www.khanacademy.org/
6. http://oedb.org/ You can get lots of liberal arts education here, music, as well as math and computer science
7. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/ If you're the type that can read hundreds of pages on your own, this is for you
8. http://www.teoria.com/ for those who want to learn music theory
9. https://plato.stanford.edu/contents.html For the philosophy geeks.
10. http://www.openculture.com/
11. http://www.thegreatcourses.com/ This one is not free though. If you have some money to spend you can use this. The alternative? Torrents

You can discover free online courses using Class Central https://www.class-central.com/

Personally I started with udacity in the days of mtn magic sim. I was able to complete CS101 https://www.udacity.com/course/intro-to-computer-science--cs101 Since then I've continued studying python whenever I have time. I am seriously considering a career in computer science so its a win for me to get some preparation

I mostly use coursera nowadays and I've successfully completed a number of courses and got course certificates. That is in case you're very concerned about getting a certificate. Otherwise, you can still learn the material without receiving a certificate.

I also use khan academy a lot, especially when I have some concept in maths that I want to quickly master. You'll find lots of discussions there as well.


If you like to discuss what you're learning, try these
1. https://www.quora.com/
2. https://stackexchange.com/
3. https://www.reddit.com/


Free audiobooks
1. https://librivox.org/
2. https://catholicaudiobooks./ mostly catholic
3. http://audiobookbay.me/ Register and download via torrents


Religious podcast (mostly catholic though, cos its what I mostly use. So I might be biased here, so please don't crucify me. . Just add yours)
1. http://catholicaudio..ae/ For the catholic and religious guys
2. https://instituteofcatholicculture.org/ If you're a catholic, longing for orthodox teaching? It doesn't get better. You have option of video on their site or subscribe to the audio on itunes or your favourite podcast app.
3. http://taylormarshall.com/ I especially recommend you go through the archive and check out the series on the book of revelation, from start to finish. Subscribe to the audio on itunes or your favourite podcast app


For free books downloads
1. http://en.booksee.org/ Just type and search. Download with a click
2. http://en.bookzz.org/ Just type and search. Download with a click
3. http://en.bookfi.net/ Just type and search. Download with a click
4. http://www.christiandl.com/index.php Just register, search thousands of Christian books, download. Tip: look for books that are hosted on https://www.mediafire.com/. They're far easier to download with zero risk of viru sahastrabude
5. https://www.scribd.com/ Here your target when you search should be in the 'Documents' section where users like you upload books you can download for free. Most others are for sale.
6. http://bookboon.com/ For academic books
7. https://www.4shared.com/ I used to download books on petroleum engineering from here when I was in school
8. https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page In case you're a fan of olden days books
9. [url]http://manybooks.net/ Similar to above[/url]
10. http://freekindlebooks.com/ for the romance-struck ladies who have iphones and ipads


Then there is the almighty torrenting. I include a few pertinent torrents searches below.
https://thepiratebay.red/user/pharmakate/10/ catholic
https://thepiratebay.red/search/catholic/0/7/0 catholic
[url]https://thepiratebay.red/search/chinua%20achebe/0/7/0[/url] Chinua achebe books

Thanks. I'll try these.

https://Machinelearningmastery.com. This is a great place also