I've ended 3-4 MOOC courses and then switch to LinkedIn/Lynda & Udemy 'cause quality is much higher. Can recommend MOOC courses only when you see a well-known lecturer.
2,400 MOOCs Starting in April
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#22did a fair bit of MOOCs when they popped up (coursera etc) it was really really nice, I wonder what changed since ..
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#23It pains me to see pages like this. Someone has spent ages making this long list by hand, then it's put up as a long blog post. No way to filter by anything .... can we have it as machine workable Open Data please! Also, think about ways to allow other people to contribute to the list so that the work of keeping it up to date is shared out and not on just a few people.
Actually, it wasn't generated by hand. I/Class Central generated it for OpenCulture. Here is a more comprehensive list, with filtering: https://www.classcentral.com/starting-this-month
That is a cool site! Good work.
Out of curiosity, where does the data come from and how do you make sure it's kept up to date? And is your data Open Data?
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
Actually, it wasn't generated by hand. I/Class Central generated it for OpenCulture. Here is a more comprehensive list, with filtering: https://www.classcentral.com/starting-this-month
That is a cool site! Good work. Out of curiosity, where does the data come from and how do you make sure it's kept up to date? And is your data Open Data?
Thanks! We have scrapers running daily for all the major providers. The rest we collect manually on a schedule. We have been around for a while, so in many cases the providers or instructors reach out to us directly. Sorry, but it is not open data.
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#25I've ended 3-4 MOOC courses and then switch to LinkedIn/Lynda & Udemy 'cause quality is much higher. Can recommend MOOC courses only when you see a well-known lecturer.
Can you recommend some of these uploaded on linkedin/lynda/udemy?
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#26Based on my experience, apart from a handful (really a handful) of open courses by elite universities (e.g. Harvard's Stats 110), the vast majority of online courses are garbage - low quality of content, insufficient coverage of the material, inappropriate format, bad teaching. I'm talking about almost anything on Coursera/Udacity/Udemy. Even if the courses were good, you still need to spend a good amount of time with a textbook and practice the subject. And considering that most courses are useless, you're usually better off skipping them altogether and getting straight to the book + practice approach to learning.
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#27It's updated! My university (Politecnico di Milano) has an increasing number of MOOCs but still quite small, and all the new ones on FPGA design are on the platform.
Also, classcentral.com has an amazing list of reviews that are really useful in seeing the difficulty of MOOCs.
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#28I've ended 3-4 MOOC courses and then switch to LinkedIn/Lynda & Udemy 'cause quality is much higher. Can recommend MOOC courses only when you see a well-known lecturer.
Can you recommend some of these uploaded on linkedin/lynda/udemy?
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#29Based on my experience, apart from a handful (really a handful) of open courses by elite universities (e.g. Harvard's Stats 110), the vast majority of online courses are garbage - low quality of content, insufficient coverage of the material, inappropriate format, bad teaching. I'm talking about almost anything on Coursera/Udacity/Udemy. Even if the courses were good, you still need to spend a good amount of time wit…
> Even if the courses were good, you still need to spend a good amount of time with a textbook and practice the subject.
I don't understand why anyone would expect otherwise? This is as close to the university experience as it can get.
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#30Based on my experience, apart from a handful (really a handful) of open courses by elite universities (e.g. Harvard's Stats 110), the vast majority of online courses are garbage - low quality of content, insufficient coverage of the material, inappropriate format, bad teaching. I'm talking about almost anything on Coursera/Udacity/Udemy. Even if the courses were good, you still need to spend a good amount of time wit…
> Even if the courses were good, you still need to spend a good amount of time with a textbook and practice the subject. I don't understand why anyone would expect otherwise? This is as close to the university experience as it can get.
People fall into the trap of expecting otherwise, because otherwise is easier. MOOC are often used as a shortcut rather than a legitimate way to learn about a subject.