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Re:The future of MIT education looks more global, modular, a... by MisterBastahrd on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @10:47PM (#8146048)
There's at least one MOOC offering "nanodegrees" for completing a series of classes, but charging $150 a month to participate is a bit on the high side for something that most employers won't care about. There's a bit of a divide between the benefit of education in general and whether that education will have a meaningful impact on your financial bottom line in the long run.
Re:The future of MIT education looks more global, modular, a... by damian2000 on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @11:51PM (#8146209)
EdX offers the "x-series" - https://www.edx.org/xseries - and Coursera offers "specialisations" - https://www.coursera.org/specializations - they're charged per course. According to them, when you pay the $50+ per course, your completion rate goes up dramatically, to something like 70% - probably due to the fact you've paid something for it.