The OU is different....believe me.

You don't need to teach degrees, you can teach basic courses, and there's not a lot of paperwork involved really (otherwise my mum wouldn'#t have time to do it!!!)

People don't care what they get most of the time in the OU, as long as they pass. The students who study with the OU often just want to better themselves, or are doing courses paid for by their employers, so they're more than willing to take advantage of what is provided to them.