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New courses added to Coursera (Humanities, Medicine, ...)
- freshfey 14y agoThe new courses look great, but what's the point of offering even more courses when they can't even start the announced ones (i.e. Anatomy)?
- skb_ 14y agoIt seems kind of like they bit off more than they could chew. Even the courses that are now running were delayed 2-3 months. But that's natural for any new venture. I think with more iterations, they'll get better at it.
- liyanchang 14y agoMy guess is that the biggest hurdle isn't the technical challenge but professor retention. I would imagine that some professors sign up but then a big grant or other obligation comes up and they just no longer have the time. Does anyone know for sure?
- abhaga 14y agoSome of the announced course are due to start as late as February 2013. Since the academic calenders in most universities are prepared well in advance, they need to sign up the profs much before the actual course date. Announcing the courses early will help them gauge the level of interest. This will help in deciding which courses they can offer after these ones.
- dudurocha 14y agoThey depends a lot in the university and the teacher. The bigger part of the delays were caused because of these.
- Newky 14y agoI signed up for the Calculus one. Its an area which I learned by rote in secondary school, and found that when I came to use some of this stuff in college I was lacking. Hopefully when I am doing it because I want to I can further my knowledge in the area. The statistics one also looks very good.
- samuel 14y agoAll courses on a single page: https://www.coursera.org/courses https://www.coursera.org/courses I see some overlap among the Algorithms classes: Algorithms I,II from Princeton and Design and Analysis of Algorthms I(there will be II?) from Stanford. I don't think that's a good thing... what's the point?
- Jabbles 14y agoCompetition?
- vnchr 14y agoVariety and style are both benefits. Besides, we don't all learn the same way. Multiple teaching approaches to the same subject can increase the cohesiveness of learning.
- sanderjd 14y agoNo way! It's a fantastic thing! There is no one best way to teach any subject, and even if there were, who is to say that Coursera is well-positioned to decide what that best way is? Diversity in courses covering the same material in conjunction with good tools to aid in the decision-making process for the student will lead to the best outcomes. It's same reason we have so many different universities - it isn't just because of meatspace scaling limitations.
- dhawalhs 14y agoCool! Didn't know this page existed. I maintain a similar list of courses over at Class Central - http://www.class-central.com http://www.class-central.com . In addition to Coursera's courses the list also includes courses from Udacity and MITx for easy comparison.
- huherto 14y agoYour page has been my main destination to see which classes are available. Thanks.
- stordoff 14y agoVariety of teaching style or approach to the problem (e.g. theory vs. practice) is a good reason for multiple courses in the same subject to be offered. Even if the approach is broadly the same, some students will just prefer one teacher.
- spariev 14y agoWhat's the status of HCI class ? I was so much waiting for it, and now https://www.coursera.org/course/hci https://www.coursera.org/course/hci just gives 404
- aseembehl 14y agoWow! This is great news. I have finished 2 Coursera courses already and currently enrolled in 2. These classes have been the best education I have received till date. I will vouch for them any day.
- waterlesscloud 14y agoI'm pretty happy with the Crypto class Coursera is running right now. The lectures are pretty info-dense and the homework promotes at least some thinking. I think it's better than the AI class I did the first go around. The best of these classes for me so far, though, is the MITx class on circuits and electronics. The professor is fantastic- great at explaining things and obviously having fun teaching the class. The homework is challenging, at least for me, and I feel like I'm learning a huge amount. Very very pleased with that one.
- Jebus 14y agoThe crypto course is fantastic =)
- evoxed 14y agoMy only complaint about MITx is that the audio is occasionally quite poor and not simply due to the compression. A microphone switch could go a long way for clearer voices (esp. helpful for the faster playback, but also for regular devices at regular speed).
- StCroix 14y agoAnyone know why some of the courses offered by the likes of Standford that are available as open (free courses) on iTunesU and across the web aren't available on Coursera? One thing I dislike about the courses on iTunesU is the lack of being able to connect with others who are also studying along with you. There's no community per se
- dudurocha 14y agoBecause the Coursera courses are made to be online, not only classes that were put online. The difference between Courser, Udacity and MITx, from iTunesU , earth academic and the others is that they prime for being a 'real' class. You have deadlines, exercises, projects and so on. And you can interact with your peers.
- dudurocha 14y agoIs nice to see courses overlap, like 2 classes of Algorithms. It'll make better courses. And I have to tell you, guys, how much a thrill I feel with these online courses. As a comp. eng. student in brazil, being able to watch classes from stanford and berkely, but not only this, being able to attend classes given by the guys who wrote the books I study with ( Sedgewick and Ullman, for example) makes me very excited and happy. I love living in the 2000!
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- temuze 14y agoI took Sedgewick's class in Princeton :) Fantastic class - one of my favorites.
- evoxed 14y agoWhat the hell happened here? Just yesterday there were maybe ten courses, with ten waiting to start... now it's starting to read like a curriculum!
- paulovsk 14y agoExactly. There's a TON of courses, now! Impressive.
- paulovsk 14y agoDoes anyone know what TBA means? https://www.coursera.org/courses https://www.coursera.org/courses
- denzil_correa 14y agoFactual error in the article >The scientists, Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller, taught free Web-based courses through Stanford last year that reached more than 100,000 students. ONLY Andrew Ng taught a free online Machine Learning course last year.
- a_bonobo 14y agoI've tried doing Algorithms I (Stanford) and I just couldn't keep up - I currently work around 9-11 hours a day programming and handling data (PhD-student) and in the night and on the weekends I just couldn't handle even more programming, which made me feel like quite the loser (the final exam was recently I think). Anyone else already a drop-out? Feels bad, man.