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Re:Coursera’s co-founder Daphne Koller set to start anew at ... by ramblerman on Thursday August 18, 2016 @02:46AM (#12310784)
Ridiculous, I've learned a great deal from MIT Open Courseware.

I agree that Coursera has it's problems, with the insistence to stick to class start and end dates as one example.

But to extrapolate that therefore online learning doesn't work as a medium is absurd.

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Re:Coursera’s co-founder Daphne Koller set to start anew at ... by drfloob on Thursday August 18, 2016 @03:05AM (#12310850)
Not so say Coursera doesn't have problems, but the start and end dates don't mean much as of earlier this year, when they rolled out their new platform. There's no penalty for late assignments[0], and you can switch to a later session of the course whenever you want[1].

[0]: https://learner.coursera.help/hc/en-us/articles/208279866

[1]: https://learner.coursera.help/hc/en-us/articles/208279776

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Re:Coursera’s co-founder Daphne Koller set to start anew at ... by untilHellbanned on Thursday August 18, 2016 @04:39AM (#12311130)
Entirely missed my point. It works, it's just not a business.
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