Internet-based history courses?

I'm curious is there any university/colledge out there that's providing an apportunity to gain an academical degree in history, based on the paper-internet style, free to all?

[QUOTE=hugoestr]I don't know about any giving degrees if you don't pay. After all, that is their business.

MIT, though, does have their open course system, where all of the lectures, syllabi, and notes, and often online textbooks (if available), are open.

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm[/QUOTE]

Cardiff University offer courses online, using the Blackboard e-learning suite.  They are not free but are accredited courses the credits from which can be used world-wide.

I thik that 'harm' is an awfully strong word.  The courses offered by Cardiff are run by experts in their field, and are fully accredited by the university itself.  They are designed and run to be the equivalent of a first year undergraduate course.  I think that a well-chosen course form a creditable college or university can be as good as one done face-to-face.