On-line astronomy education

For accredited university courses, try:

University of Lancashire:

http://www.studyastronomy.com

Swinburne University (Australia):

http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/sao/welcome2.html

James Cook University (Australia):

http://www.jcu.edu.au/school/mathphys/astronomy/index.shtml

Jodrell Bank (University of Manchester) offers this one:

http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/distance/.

These courses offer either a degree or credit that can be applied to studies in other programs. Here's a list that includes several on-campus courses that offer some online components:

http://home.eckerd.edu/~hudsonrl/chn/sitescol.html

This is more general; most of these have already been covered, and some should be taken with a grain of salt:

http://www.worldwidelearn.com/astronomy.htm

The Open University offers online courses, but they are limited to citizens of the UK and some European countries (such as Switzerland and Slovenia):

http://www.open.ac.uk/science/short/

http://www3.open.ac.uk/courses/bin/p12.dll?Q02B27_science

(This would lead to a BSc with a major in astronomy).