MOOCs care because they want to be in the credentials game, but some students want to be in the credentials game too. Suppose you want to apply to a job in ML e

MOOCs care because they want to be in the credentials game, but some students want to be in the credentials game too. Suppose you want to apply to a job in ML even though you don't have prior work experience in that. You do have a certificate saying that you completed all the lessons and the homework and tests. The meaningfulness of the certificate could mean the difference between you getting the job or not. If it's common knowledge that it's easy to cheat on the course, then you're likely not getting the job.