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No, a book is called a "book", and a class is not a book. Classes entail teaching, homework, grades, a final exam, and TAs. You are supported in your learning
by RogerL 11y ago
No, a book is called a "book", and a class is not a book.
Classes entail teaching, homework, grades, a final exam, and TAs. You are supported in your learning efforts.
A few books/textbooks are structured for self-learning, but most are not. Just picking up a textbook on fluid dynamics (say) and expecting to work through it without support and guided practice is a pipe dream for all but the most dedicated autodidact.
- ghaff 11y agoI think the parent was deliberately being a bit snarky but, in all fairness, MOOCs (and related examples of learning at low cost/high scale) are generally pretty weak in terms of supporting learning efforts. Autograding for some programming assignments works pretty well but, in general, I'm not sure most online courses I've seen work all that much better than books and multimedia.