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Re:Coursera shuts access to old platform courses by furyofantares on Saturday June 11, 2016 @12:32AM (#11882080)
Additionally, I think it's a misleading thought pattern to divide the world into motivated/unmotivated individuals since motivation can vary within a person.

I've successfully learned quite a few difficult things without Coursera etc that I was highly motivated to learn. And I've learned more things via Coursera that I was less motivated to learn (or didn't even know I wanted to learn).

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Re:Coursera shuts access to old platform courses by TeMPOraL on Saturday June 11, 2016 @04:17AM (#11882628)
Also motivation can vary heavily by conditions. In some cases, the difference between strong motivation and utter lack of it can be structure that lets you start and maintain a feedback loop of positive feelings.
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