Hi Stef,

Check out this great, really informative article about WGU: http://technologysource.org/article/renaissance_at_western_governors_university/. Like Kizmet said, WGU's competency-based approach is vastly different from your traditional credit-based model, meaning you don't earn an "arbitrary" number of credits before you are allowed to graduate. WGU is very unique in this regard and can be very appealing to some.

As for UOP, their learning model is also vastly different than the 16-week long, semester-based approach of most colleges and universities - classes begin each month (so you don't have to wait until the Fall semester to begin your studies) and are 5-6 weeks in length, taken one at a time. You go through the program as part of a cohort (or "learning group" or "learning team"), taking classes together and working on group assignments/projects together in smaller groups (3-4 people). Also, UOP tries to emphasize instructors as facilitators, rather than lecturers. They are part-time faculty who are usually chosen to teach because they have a great deal of professional experience, and are still active in their fields.

Hope that helps a little .... good night!