UKtramp:
As a man with professional qualifications on here (that’s me btw) my advice would be to self study in order to grasp the main concept of what it is your studying, but then enroll onto a classroom base course as you can ask any questions to a lecturer and he can help you understand anything you are uncertain of. Also it is possible to self study but then like the Open University degrees, it is much harder knowing what is important to spend time on and what is not so important. I would suggest doing both to give you the highest chance of success. Good luck with it.
Quite true, but there also another advantage… in the classroom setting, tutor led discussions on difficult topics can work wonders because each member of the class has differing strengths and weaknesses, so the class can often end up helping each other.