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Re:Lots of new Coursera classes throughout 2012 posted by mquander on Thursday April 19, 2012 @03:56PM (#3864790)
Why would it be better to have an ultimate goal? The intentions are clearly just to give people who are hungry to learn about some subject matter a great place to go learn it. That's a fantastic service.
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Re:Lots of new Coursera classes throughout 2012 posted by clavalle on Thursday April 19, 2012 @11:09PM (#3866344)
While the typical answer of "to prove your time investment to a third party" is a good one, I don't think that aspect would be relevant for me.

For me the answer would be so I know where I stand.

e.g. I come back after a year or two and I know what material I have covered and what steps are next in the learning journey. I don't want to get three lectures or more in and realize I'm rehashing material, or, alternately, that I am hopelessly lost because I've skipped a pre-requisite and have to go digging for the missing piece.

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