Have you used Coursera before? You don't have to pay to take a course. You pay for the certification of completion.
Regarding for-profit education, does anyone here think that a government-backed education platform would have achieved what Coursera did in the last 10 years? Don't kid yourself. It wouldn't have been remotely close in quality and content and would have been a feeding trough for the political class. It wouldn't have even been granted funding.
Re:Coursera S-1 IPO
by ghaff on Saturday March 06, 2021 @10:33AM
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In a lot of cases these days, auditing a class doesn't give you access to anything other than the video lectures--so no autograded assignments, quizzes, etc. So basically no different than a bunch of YouTube videos.
Regarding for-profit education, does anyone here think that a government-backed education platform would have achieved what Coursera did in the last 10 years? Don't kid yourself. It wouldn't have been remotely close in quality and content and would have been a feeding trough for the political class. It wouldn't have even been granted funding.