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You don't need to do that, though. There are only N choices per question, so when you get it wrong you just go back and pick another one. When you see that you
by munin 11y ago
You don't need to do that, though.
There are only N choices per question, so when you get it wrong you just go back and pick another one. When you see that you got it wrong, you go back and pick another one. Eventually, you'll know the right answer.
You don't actually need to watch the videos to do this, and indeed, some students just go to the test and brute force their way through the test to get 100%.
- ghaff 11y agoI guess my reaction to that is "So what?" So long as the grade has minimal real world meaning, why should I care that someone is "cheating" to bulk up their directory of Coursera PDF certificates? I agree that gaming tests is something that Coursera should presumably care about because their business model presumably depends on certificates meaning something in terms of people getting jobs etc. someday. But, as things currently stand, it's hard for me to get excited about people fooling themselves to rack up virtual MOOC karma.
- munin 11y agoIf the grade has no real world meaning, then why pay for it? That was the OPs question.
- ghaff 11y agoSome of this turned into a broader discussion. But, to the OP's question, no--I don't think there's value in paying beyond edge cases (e.g. proof of continuing professional education) and any personal gamification benefits.
- ipsin 11y agoYeah, if you can actually pass an entire course as a non-comprehending algorithm, it's not much of a "certification".