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I mostly disagree. If you pay close attention to the field of online education one cannot help but notice that the most serious players are not attempting to re
by bayesianhorse 14y ago
I mostly disagree. If you pay close attention to the field of online education one cannot help but notice that the most serious players are not attempting to replace traditional schools and universities. They point out that paying through the nose for the accreditation is a bubble ripe for being pricked by technological disruption, but they still cherish and recommend traditional universities.
The most value these courses provide is ongoing education, mostly in topics one did not or could not study while in school. A programmer might learn economics, an MBA might learn biology or programming, a biologist might dive deeper into physics.
For me these courses are a type of curiosity-driven entertainment rather than learning particular skills or knowledge I might need...