New courses added to Coursera (Humanities, Medicine, ...)
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Re: New courses added to Coursera (Humanities, Medicine, ...)
#2The new courses look great, but what's the point of offering even more courses when they can't even start the announced ones (i.e. Anatomy)?
Re: New courses added to Coursera (Humanities, Medicine, ...)
#3The new courses look great, but what's the point of offering even more courses when they can't even start the announced ones (i.e. Anatomy)?
It seems kind of like they bit off more than they could chew. Even the courses that are now running were delayed 2-3 months. But that's natural for any new venture. I think with more iterations, they'll get better at it.
Re: New courses added to Coursera (Humanities, Medicine, ...)
#4I signed up for the Calculus one. Its an area which I learned by rote in secondary school, and found that when I came to use some of this stuff in college I was lacking. Hopefully when I am doing it because I want to I can further my knowledge in the area.
The statistics one also looks very good.
Re: New courses added to Coursera (Humanities, Medicine, ...)
#5All courses on a single page: https://www.coursera.org/courses
I see some overlap among the Algorithms classes: Algorithms I,II from Princeton and Design and Analysis of Algorthms I(there will be II?) from Stanford. I don't think that's a good thing... what's the point?
Re: New courses added to Coursera (Humanities, Medicine, ...)
#6All courses on a single page: https://www.coursera.org/courses I see some overlap among the Algorithms classes: Algorithms I,II from Princeton and Design and Analysis of Algorthms I(there will be II?) from Stanford. I don't think that's a good thing... what's the point?
Competition?
Re: New courses added to Coursera (Humanities, Medicine, ...)
#7What's the status of HCI class ? I was so much waiting for it, and now https://www.coursera.org/course/hci just gives 404
Re: New courses added to Coursera (Humanities, Medicine, ...)
#8Wow! This is great news. I have finished 2 Coursera courses already and currently enrolled in 2. These classes have been the best education I have received till date. I will vouch for them any day.
Re: New courses added to Coursera (Humanities, Medicine, ...)
#9I'm pretty happy with the Crypto class Coursera is running right now. The lectures are pretty info-dense and the homework promotes at least some thinking.
I think it's better than the AI class I did the first go around.
The best of these classes for me so far, though, is the MITx class on circuits and electronics. The professor is fantastic- great at explaining things and obviously having fun teaching the class. The homework is challenging, at least for me, and I feel like I'm learning a huge amount. Very very pleased with that one.
Re: New courses added to Coursera (Humanities, Medicine, ...)
#10The new courses look great, but what's the point of offering even more courses when they can't even start the announced ones (i.e. Anatomy)?
Some of the announced course are due to start as late as February 2013. Since the academic calenders in most universities are prepared well in advance, they need to sign up the profs much before the actual course date. Announcing the courses early will help them gauge the level of interest. This will help in deciding which courses they can offer after these ones.