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I am confused, why is saas here, the same course is offered at coursera

huherto 14y ago
That is a good question. In both cases it is the Berkeley class.
plessthanpt05 14y ago
> the same course is offered at coursera Yeah, it appears to be the EXACT same course. I don't want to start a bickering match, but when I first saw this new course listing, I was pretty excited that it might be a SAAS course using Python. In any case, strange, as I just assumed that these sites (coursera, udacity, mitx, etc) were competitors and had some kind of exclusivity contract w/ the courses that they offered, though apparently not. Would be weird if we start seeing a bunch of duplicate courses pop up on multiple of these sites.
Toshio 14y ago
Berkeley is probably hedging their bets; they most likely expect Coursera to become more restrictive down the road - no other reason would make sense.
- eupharis 14y ago
  To expand on that, the for-profit Coursera seems like a great partner for universities at the moment, but in the future, if they become a force, a platform with millions of students, their profit interest and the universities' interests could begin to diverge. Hopefully, the various platforms (Coursera, edX, Udacity) play nice together, i.e., it's only a small amount of work to setup the same course content on a new platform.
  - gwillen 14y ago
    > Hopefully, the various platforms (Coursera, edX, Udacity) play nice together, i.e., it's only a small amount of work to setup the same course content on a new platform. As Google SREs say: Hope is not a strategy. (Especially when you're hoping against the economic interests of the players involved.)
GlennS 14y ago
edX's software seems much higher quality than Coursera's at this point, so I can see why Berkeley would want to port their course to work on that platform as well. (My opinion based on having done the MITx Circuits & Electronics, and Game Theory and Cryptography from Coursera.)
Kaedon 14y ago
It looks like the edX course is 12 weeks whereas the Coursera course currently covers the first half of the course in 5 weeks.
cpunks 14y ago
Presumably, because Coursera's TOS require a substantial amount of notice to yank a course...

That is a good question. In both cases it is the Berkeley class.

> the same course is offered at coursera Yeah, it appears to be the EXACT same course. I don't want to start a bickering match, but when I first saw this new course listing, I was pretty excited that it might be a SAAS course using Python. In any case, strange, as I just assumed that these sites (coursera, udacity, mitx, etc) were competitors and had some kind of exclusivity contract w/ the courses that they offered, though apparently not. Would be weird if we start seeing a bunch of duplicate courses pop up on multiple of these sites.

Toshio 14y ago

Berkeley is probably hedging their bets; they most likely expect Coursera to become more restrictive down the road - no other reason would make sense.

eupharis 14y ago
To expand on that, the for-profit Coursera seems like a great partner for universities at the moment, but in the future, if they become a force, a platform with millions of students, their profit interest and the universities' interests could begin to diverge. Hopefully, the various platforms (Coursera, edX, Udacity) play nice together, i.e., it's only a small amount of work to setup the same course content on a new platform.
- gwillen 14y ago
  > Hopefully, the various platforms (Coursera, edX, Udacity) play nice together, i.e., it's only a small amount of work to setup the same course content on a new platform. As Google SREs say: Hope is not a strategy. (Especially when you're hoping against the economic interests of the players involved.)

GlennS 14y ago

edX's software seems much higher quality than Coursera's at this point, so I can see why Berkeley would want to port their course to work on that platform as well. (My opinion based on having done the MITx Circuits & Electronics, and Game Theory and Cryptography from Coursera.)

Kaedon 14y ago

It looks like the edX course is 12 weeks whereas the Coursera course currently covers the first half of the course in 5 weeks.

cpunks 14y ago

Presumably, because Coursera's TOS require a substantial amount of notice to yank a course...