MOOCS (Coursera, Edx, etc)

[Yozora]

What do you think of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)? Are they a good alternative to classroom learning? Have you taken a MOOC course?

I've tried some and got too busy with other things to finish, which is why I think a self-paced version of Coursera (something like Udemy) might work better for me, although there are so many interesting-looking Coursera & EdX courses, I might give MOOCs another chance.

What do you think about MOOCs?

 

[Genesis]

Looks interesting except although I see courses about IT I don't see anything for Websites development. I may join up with lynda.com one of these days. Think it is more suited to what I want and I noticed it has Linux Cent0S as well.

 

[PeaceSigns]

They're great - only wish I had the time to go through them. Services like Kahn academy are doing wonders for people in learning after school

 

[seliol]

I love em. Most are clear and useful, and precisely - they only go through useful & up-to-date content, unlike traditional education.

My solution for Coursera is downloading the course for watching later, then I don't worry much about losing the chance to see it. Though I do miss my chance to do tests/exercises and ask questions.

Udacity has some free IT courses, worth looking at.
I'm interested in trying out Tree Academy.

 

[strokerace]

Looks interesting except although I see courses about IT I don't see anything for Websites development. I may join up with lynda.com one of these days. Think it is more suited to what I want and I noticed it has Linux Cent0S as well.

There aren't many places that offer course for website development. Alot learn a programming language and then branch out from their. I started off leaning PHP and then applied it to website dev.

Now about online course. A lot are geared to be done on your time. But if you are like me ,I some times get carried away with a project and forget to do other things.

 

[LiveWire]

MOOCs are great way to get high quality education from elite institutions like MIT, Harvard etc with little fee for certification.

Udacity has, lately, started providing nano-degrees in Android Apps Development, Java Application Development, Data Science, iOS App Development, and Full Stack Web App Development.

I enrolled once in Algorithm course from Coursera but couldn't keep-up with their pace, as I hardly find time after work. But will try to complete it soon.

 

[Yozora]

@"LiveWire" Oh, I didn't know that about Udacity! Maybe I should check it out.

 

[x86]

MOOCs sites are great, i concur with Livewire, its a great channel to get certified from prestige universities with reasonable price.