The end is near
Yes, like the title, the mooc era’s end in near. Much closer that you think. A brief recap Since 2014 coursera, one of the most famous platforms for moocs (along with edx and imo udacity, expecially for cs stuff) has changed his way of thinking. In early 2015, coursera stopped to delever free statements of accomplishment/honor codes (as, sadly, is doing edx now). Not that bad, all the courses are still open and free to watch and complete, only no one will ever know about it (that’s the pourpose of this blog, btw). In the late 2015, however, coursera stopped also to set free the graded items (like quizzes, programming assignments, ecc…). You can still audit the course for free and watch all the lectures. You can still watch what’s the quiz is like, as for the programming assignments, but you will never know if your work is right or not , so it’s often useless. I know, it’s still huge, but in many subjects (as cs) the graded items are literally essential for the lecturer. Ok. I get it. L...