Whilst I hate some aspects to MOOCs, the fact is that I spent about $120 to learn the basics if SAP, whereas if I'd gotten "proper" training on the same subject matter it would have cost me thousands.
I'd love to see a site that specialises in user contributed content along the lines of Wikipedia. It's funny though - take SAP as an example: I'd be just as happy reading a book that explains it all better than what is out there right now! A book that assumes you are into technology but have little skills or knowledge of the business processes that SAP gets intoned in, and which gives you a rundown of this before giving a detailed rundown on how SAP implements these processes.
Sadly, no such thing exists, but happily for me I stumbled upon http://www.accountingverse.com/ and http://www.accountingcoach.com/ (no, I'm not affiliated with them in any way) and it turns out they didn't cost anything and I finally "get" double-entry book keeping, financial transaction concepts like the general ledger, journal, accrual method and the fundamental accounting equation. Wish I'd known this earlier to be honest - as I say, I lament that there are no books on SAP core modules that go from concepts to the nuts and bolts of how SAP does things :-(
I'd love to see a site that specialises in user contributed content along the lines of Wikipedia. It's funny though - take SAP as an example: I'd be just as happy reading a book that explains it all better than what is out there right now! A book that assumes you are into technology but have little skills or knowledge of the business processes that SAP gets intoned in, and which gives you a rundown of this before giving a detailed rundown on how SAP implements these processes.
Sadly, no such thing exists, but happily for me I stumbled upon http://www.accountingverse.com/ and http://www.accountingcoach.com/ (no, I'm not affiliated with them in any way) and it turns out they didn't cost anything and I finally "get" double-entry book keeping, financial transaction concepts like the general ledger, journal, accrual method and the fundamental accounting equation. Wish I'd known this earlier to be honest - as I say, I lament that there are no books on SAP core modules that go from concepts to the nuts and bolts of how SAP does things :-(