Not education, you mean accreditation.

It is. It’s called the library.

If you just want to learn about the theoretical side of things or if your discipline is purely theoretical (maths, etc.), then sure: You can learn from books and online materials, though chances are good it will go wrong in some way.

For instance in a field like maths it can be important to have someone correct you if you got some fundamentals wrong and it is hard to learn how to formulate a proper proof without someone checking and correcting your first attempts. It can be done, it might just take you a lot longer.

Other areas however require labs and expensive equipment for the practical applications. Some skills you can't learn from books alone.

That would be (almost) like saying: You don't need an actual bicycle to learn riding one, just read a book!

A library won't issue you a diploma employers/states would recognize.

He said education, not certification. Education happens in your head, not in a database where you have x qualification or not.

Education via libraries requires dedication and critical thinking; neither is necessary for modern universities.

And many libraries (especially my local city library) have a notable lack of technical books, so you need quite a bit more than dedication and critical thinking if you're going to go that route.