Maps and the Geospatial Revolution is just one of many different types of courses offered at coursera.org … and they are free!
SoCalGIS.org
Southern California Government GIS User Group – Working together locally in GIS
Maps and the Geospatial Revolution is just one of many different types of courses offered at coursera.org … and they are free!
SoCalGIS.org 
An interview with Dr. Anthony Robinson about the course can be found here: http://www.directionsmag.com/podcasts/building-the-worlds-first-geo-mooc-part-2/323446 .