> No-one to guide you if you misunderstand a big concept. You are just left with a lot of reading around. Good MOOCs have tests to ensure that doesn't happen.

> No-one to guide you if you misunderstand a big concept. You are just left with a lot of reading around. Good MOOCs have tests to ensure that doesn't happen. This is in fact how you solve this problem in all large courses, even those taking place in actual physical universities. > Time. That doesn't make any sense. MOOCs require minimal time investment, and are the most flexible. Are you saying that being forced to attend at more restrictive times would somehow increase one's time supply?