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At first I could not find a way to sign up without paying - when I click enroll, I didn't see the audit link that Sjenk and others mention. The trick is that t
by redsymbol 9y ago
At first I could not find a way to sign up without paying - when I click enroll, I didn't see the audit link that Sjenk and others mention.
The trick is that the audit link only appears when you sign up for the individual course, not the entire sequence. So if you go to this link:
https://www.coursera.org/specializations/deep-learning https://www.coursera.org/specializations/deep-learning
... and click "Enroll", you can only proceed by supplying payment info. However, if you scroll down to that page to the box titled "Course 1", at the bottom of that box is a link "You can choose to take this course only. Learn More".
Click on THAT to go to the individual course page. Then, click Enroll, and in the first box that pops up, you'll see the link "Or audit this course" in the lower left.
This allowed me to sign up for all five without supplying payment info.
- chairmankaga 9y agoTo add to that, I couldn't make it work following these steps, but logging out and following the steps above worked for me. Thanks.
- Torai 9y agoBut you can't submit exercises. https://learner.coursera.help/hc/en-us/articles/209818613-Enrollment-options https://learner.coursera.help/hc/en-us/articles/209818613-En... When you audit a course: - You'll be able to see most of the course materials for free, but you won't be able to submit certain assignments or get grades for your work. - You won't be able to submit assignments for feedback or a grade. - You won't get a Course Certificate.
- Blackthorn 9y agoUgh, Coursera has gone way downhill.
- sgslo 9y agoIts a business, do you not expect them to somehow collect revenue on products they have created?
- ghaff 9y agoThe basic problem is that Coursera wasn't successful in attaching some meaningful value to their certificates as credentials. And, if the credential isn't meaningful, why on earth would I want to pay a VC-funded company for a PDF that has zero value to me? Taking the course may be worthwhile but a certificate adds essentially nothing to that. So now they've effectively eliminated just about the only thing that distinguishes them from some YouTube videos and a textbook.
- gaius 9y agoThe basic problem is that Coursera wasn't successful in attaching some meaningful value to their certificates as credentials. The EdX solution to this is that their courses are all endorsed or run by brick-and-mortar universities with considerable investments in their brand that they won't want to tarnish by attaching it to any random certificate.
- ghaff 9y agoI'm not sure to what degree EdX has really "solved" this. My impression is there's quite of range of quality and rigor on EdX as well. And, more centrally, most people still don't see EdX certificates as general substitutes for more conventional educational degrees.
- gaius 9y agoNot a degree sure but many e.g. XSeries and MicroMasters are at the level of diplomas.
- posterboy 9y agowhen they start for free, there's hope they aren't just trying to beat the competition with discount prices.
- Blackthorn 9y agoThey've created the courses? Seems to me like it's the professors teaching them that created them. What value is Coursera adding?
- NelsonMinar 9y agoI wish I could figure out what the actual price is. I'm logged in and all I see is "Enroll free!". The only pricing disclosed is $49/month. Courses 1-3 are 9 weeks, so does that mean it costs about $100? (No lengths on courses 4 and 5 yet.)