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One of the points of Coursera is that it isn't just for Americans. It's for everyone everywhere who don't have the same level of access to education that Americ
by icc97 10y ago
One of the points of Coursera is that it isn't just for Americans. It's for everyone everywhere who don't have the same level of access to education that Americans have.
So it doesn't matter if no more Americans want to learn there's billons in other countries who'd love to have access.
I think the American education system is awesome the respect of opening their system up to the world. My native UK has basically nothing. Cambridge and Oxford have a few online courses, but barely even one UK university will even bother to run a course on Coursera.
- j45 10y agoUniversal access to information wasn't pioneered by Coursera. Khan Academy was probably the Pokemon Go of that.
- icc97 10y agoI didn't mean to imply that Coursera was the first. Khan Academy is equally fantastic and MIT was also pushing open learning before Coursera too. Incidentally though I've found Coursera to be the first online course that inspired me to complete multiple courses.