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Gaining 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 demons
by ska 8y ago
Gaining 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.
- deleted 8y ago[deleted]
- JamesBarney 8y agoThis seems like a valid criticism to removing a certification but not access to a course.