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Does this really demonstrate Coursera "giving up on the dream [of eliminating barriers to education]?" IMO, the important thing about MOOCs has never been accr
by dmart 11y ago
Does this really demonstrate Coursera "giving up on the dream [of eliminating barriers to education]?"
IMO, the important thing about MOOCs has never been accreditation (show me an employer who actually cares about potential candidates' MOOC certifications, anyway), but simply making university-level courses available without the overhead of actually attending school. And in that regard, nothing's changed.
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- munin 11y agopart of what makes a course "university level" is the assessment, though. there is way more to a course than just sitting in on the lectures - you do the projects and the homework and that is where the real learning happens. courseras assessment story is weak for projects and homework, so those areas of their classes are ridiculously watered down from what is offered at a university, to scale.