MOOC's

Dear Tek Syndicate Community,

So, I will be finishing school this year with the IGCSE's being my final exams, and I was planning of going to college, but due to economic problems this might not be possible next year. So I was looking for solutions and came across MOOC (Massive Open Online Course)

And this brings me to my question:

Are the certificates achieved when finishing these courses worth anything to employers right now?

Do any of you have any experience with them?

 

I've read that many universities and even Google is supporting this, so I'll probably give it a try, since there is nothing to loose except time I guess.