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Coursera has pretty good content but I’m not sure their certifications lead to anything meaningful. I’m just using it to learn stuff so I don’t really care abou
by Ecstatify 6y ago
Coursera has pretty good content but I’m not sure their certifications lead to anything meaningful. I’m just using it to learn stuff so I don’t really care about that aspect but I see so many people online cheating.
Platform is pretty basic/poor. There’s bugs months old in some of the courses that haven’t been solved. I don’t think there’s much community/networking. They ask cringe questions at the end of a module to create discussions, very LinkedIn like “How will you use what you learned in the real world?”
The mobile app and the web app are out of sync. I’ve completed the course on the web but on the mobile app it says I still have 4hrs to complete.
I think all colleges will start to offer online degrees going forward. Lambda school seems to be taking off and it seems more like the future of education.
I’m a customer but won’t be an investor, nothing groundbreaking. Could easily be copied. They seriously need a better UX. Pluralsight & Datacamp UX is a lot better.
Content : 7/10
Platform : 4/10
- whoisjuan 6y ago> Coursera has pretty good content but I’m not sure their certifications lead to anything meaningful. I agree with this. My cynical take when I see someone with a Coursera certification is "so what?"... Not in a mean way. I just simply don't see the value of that certification. But then I remember that the tech industry is not the same as other industries. There are other industries where there's still a strong cultural bias towards formalized and demonstrable education. So those certifications could indeed signal employers in other industries about competence in certain knowledge area. I strongly believe that those certifications don't prove anything but I guess there's some people that do believe in their value.