The 13th session of "Java EE Programming (with Passion!)"
free online course started from April 30th, 2007.
The course contents are revised with new topics
such as EJB 3.0, Java Persistence API (JPA) and popular
technologies such as Hibernate and Spring framework.
Each topic has a hands-on lab which contains "ready to
open and build" NetBeans projects.  For more information,
please go to the course websites below.

  Course topics: http://www.javapassion.com/j2ee/#Topics
  Course website: http://www.javapassion.com/j2ee
  Course FAQ: http://www.javapassion.com/j2ee/coursefaq.html

This course runs very much like a regular college course 
in which the students are expected to do weekly homework 
after studying the presentation material and doing the handson
lab but it is free and can be taken online.  There is also 
class email alias where students can ask/answer questions.