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(I'm extrapolating most of this negative rant.) Coursera is founded by bored professors who were tired of seeing their students get rich, so they decided to do
by seiji 13y ago
(I'm extrapolating most of this negative rant.)
Coursera is founded by bored professors who were tired of seeing their students get rich, so they decided to do a land grab in an "online education 2.0" space. They don't want to revolutionize education. They don't want you to have the option of running open ended courses. They believe in credentials, requirements, sacrifice, and the holy university cram session. They want to keep repeating what they already do make just make it more wide spread (because wide spread translates into money these days).
Have you looked at running your own course on Coursera? They require you have a PhD to even be considered. It probably makes perfect sense in their world, but in the real world, it's just condescending.
- auctiontheory 13y agoCoursera offers some phenomenal courses. If you don't like them, you can teach on Udemy, or skillshare, or a dozen other platforms. Don't b*tch just because they don't fulfill your every requirement. Right now I'm taking a Coursera class taught by Thaddeus Hogarth. His bio does not list a PhD. If you are not famous or educated enough to get a spot in the Coursera line up (neither am I), that is nobody's fault. Different strokes. But MOOCs are here to stay, and to revolutionize education.
- seiji 13y agoCan we at least change the name? STEM (science, tech, engineering, math) started out as SMET, but they rearranged it because SMET sounds like a disease. MOOCs sound like a cavalcade gullible people with brain damage screaming slurred almost-words from rooftops.
- auctiontheory 13y agoI hear what you're saying. It's better than Large Online Course Offerings, or Classes Over Internet Telephony Usually Superb.