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The 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
by gaius 9y ago
The 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.