Just don't go to Full Sail or Art Institute(Ai schools). If you're looking for online tutorials, Digital Tutors and Gnomon are generally the better regarded 3d tutorial resources(Gnomon is better, but has less stuff and their animation videos are few). Some people like Lynda.com but it's very hit or miss, imho. Go to one of the others, before seeking info here.
Keith Lango's old tutorials still float around the internet, and there are a few good basic articles on angryanimator.com
I also think the videos on 3dmotive.com and animationmethods.com are pretty good for beginners. The narrators are competent and they explain stuff clearly.
To be a good 2D and a 3D animator you will also need to know the basic Key poses, Breakdown, Timing, good at observing a Video References, and using the 12 principle of animation. You will also need to be good at observing a video reference. For example, I relies a 4 legged animal looks like skipping when they are running pretty fast. You will also need to do some basic math and maybe some basic physics to calculate the distance between a animated walking cycle.