It may be cost effective but I do think a lot of people use it to get additional qualifications to change career, and even out of interest, and I still don't think they would pay £15k. Its completely disproportionate. Its also a real shame as so many of the courses are worth doing out of interest but not at £2400 as opposed to £700. Presumably the OU will now be trying to target undergraduates as their main market?

I did a self financing masters some years ago and felt very cheated by the attitude of some of the staff who cancelled lectures and did not fully appreciate that that was actually something I was personally paying for!