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Agreed. I notice that many MOOCs have this academic mentality that something must be complete and a certificate earned. I could really give a damn about a cer
by bcheung 8y ago
Agreed. I notice that many MOOCs have this academic mentality that something must be complete and a certificate earned. I could really give a damn about a certificate. Gaining the knowledge I need is all I care about. Udacity really makes me mad when they remove courses that I paid for if I don't do every little exercise (even the ones that are so horribly designed and have little learning value in them).
- ska 8y agoGaining the knowledge may be all you care about, so long as you never have to demonstrate that gain. Certificates/exams/etc. are all used as proxies for demonstrating that in a complex and expensive way. Perhaps Udacity et. al. need an equivalent to "audit" - sounds like that would work for you.
- gaius 8y agoEdX has this - courses are free to audit, you only pay if you want a certificate (but you can always screenshot your progress page)
- bcheung 8y agoIt was more the removing access to a course that I paid for if I didn't follow their schedule that really upset me.
- ska 8y agoah, that's fair enough. annoying.
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- JamesBarney 8y agoThis seems like a valid criticism to removing a certification but not access to a course.