Absolutely agree! Without the deadlines, I would not have finished. That said, a 5 weeks course is a lot easier to commit to than a 10 weeks course, since it is

Absolutely agree! Without the deadlines, I would not have finished. That said, a 5 weeks course is a lot easier to commit to than a 10 weeks course, since it is very intense during the course. It is simply hard to find the time for it. I like that Courser split the algo course by Roughgarden into two parts. Made it a lot easier to find the time for it then. Some other Coursera courses are 10 weeks or longer, which so far has kept me from signing up. I wrote about my experience of both courses: http://henrikwarne.com/2012/05/08/coursera-algorithms-course/ http://henrikwarne.com/2012/05/08/coursera-algorithms-course... and http://henrikwarne.com/2013/02/18/coursera-algorithms-course-part2/ http://henrikwarne.com/2013/02/18/coursera-algorithms-course...