relatively cheap on-line learning

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You might look at
http://www.brainbench.com/xml/bb/skillscenter/jobrolecenter.xml

You pay by-the-skill.  So, ultimately, it's probably as expensive as other
options.  But, each course is relatively cheap ($50).

I suspect that http://www.ieee.org or http://www.acm.org are better deals
over-all because it's $100 for membership (which is the equivalent of 2
of these courses) and those courses are free with membership.  IEEE's list
is at http://www.computer.org/DistanceLearning and ACM's list is at
http://pd.acm.org/free_courses.cfm

Do you have a job yet?