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Coursera was once a great place to watch University lectures and do University classwork. Great professors would put their material on it. Then they had to mon
by Blackthorn 6y ago
Coursera was once a great place to watch University lectures and do University classwork. Great professors would put their material on it.
Then they had to monetize. All those amazing courses are now gone (or "legacy" and nigh unreachable). Coursera is a sad shadow of its previous self.
- ddlutz 6y agoI feel the same way about udacity.
- Gunax 6y agoThere is edX, although I haven't found their selection as good. It seems they rooted from academic courses to more like tech certificate type courses.
- enkid 6y agoAll the edx courses I've taken are basically text books in video form. Coursera has a very strong formula of short videos with frequent questions, often a question every two to five minutes to make sure you understand the material
- woah 6y agoWhy did they get rid of the courses?
- IshKebab 6y agoPresumably people are more likely to pay for courses if there aren't loads of high quality free ones available.
- pistoriusp 6y agoI just had a look at the courses that I completed and they are all still there, which courses were removed?
- foolmeonce 6y agoAccording to a Google search of class-central about 4000 Coursera courses match the "may be unavailable" distinction. These are generally any class that was niche and traditionally taught. I.e. a philosophy class that covers prolog. Classes that are alive since ~2015 or earlier are usually remade every year or two to be more like a video introduction and are in a theme of either universal interest or that is mandatory for a particular degree (the first being good for bringing in new users and the second being good for certificate income.)
- rasz 6y agoThats what coursera-dl was for. Ive got 250GB of backed up courses from 2014-16 timeframe.