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The real value of education is what students do with it. I wish Coursera put all the content free for users and make a living on income share agreement based on
by vallas 6y ago
The real value of education is what students do with it. I wish Coursera put all the content free for users and make a living on income share agreement based on a small part of users.
- alexashka 6y agoOr maybe they can die, burn in hell and let universities record their lectures with a phone and a 50$ microphone, upload them to youtube, post pdfs of slides, lecture notes, etc and be done with it? Coursera and other 'education' companies are mostly attempts to put themselves in-between government subsidized higher education and citizens who already fucking pay for higher education institutions through taxes. This company is pure scum, let's be honest about what it is.
- echelon 6y agoYou could apply your perspective to any industry and company. I think you should reframe what's being done here. Coursera sees an opportunity to make money by creating a market for affordable educational content. Universities do not feel compelled to offer their educations for free or at reduced costs, because that's how they sell their expensive services to students and wealthy families. You have many forces acting in a complex, multi-dimensional market. Don't assume evil. Different brains, different angles of attack. Lots of offenses, defenses, and interesting state space landscapes.
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- estaseuropano 6y agoThat was the orogibampromise of udacity, coursers, edx, ... Then they all had to monetize
- duderoso 6y agoThe content is free. And you can "audit" any course you want. The only thing you pay for is the certificate.
- tenkabuto 6y agoIt seems like you can't do quizzes without paying, either. :/ Difficult for learning more math without finding relevant quizzes elsewhere.