I know for me, one of the things I found very helpful about college vs just reading stuff in books, is that the social obligation to learn made it harder to be

I know for me, one of the things I found very helpful about college vs just reading stuff in books, is that the social obligation to learn made it harder to be lazy and keep blowing off a topic. Perhaps Coursera is trying to replicate this w/ its "everyone together, limited availability" model.