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just the certificate. and you also get access to some extra things like the autograder in some classes. But otherwise, nothing is different.

• rubin55 6y ago
  Actually, I was doing some updated courses a while ago, which I started a few years back and wanted to finish. I could follow the videos and reading material, but I could not do the end—of-week quizzes without paying. This really put me off.
• f6v 6y ago
  It’s vastly different for many courses. The exercises are often paywalled, which means you can’t put your skills to the test.
  • ghaff 6y ago
    And at that point, you're just watching videos and, while people learn in different ways, you may be just as well or better off picking up a book and taking advantage of resources like MIT OCW.
    • baby 6y ago
      Entitled much?