I have taken a few MOOCs and I agree with your assessment.
MOOCs are what they are. I see them as starting points, as building blocks. In the end, I’d rather take a free, dumbed-down intro MOOC from Andrew Ng at Stanford, than pay for an in-person, dumbed-down intro class from some clown at my local community college. At least there’s no sunk cost, so it’s easy to walk away if I lose interest.
I have taken a few MOOCs and I agree with your assessment.
MOOCs are what they are. I see them as starting points, as building blocks. In the end, I’d rather take a free, dumbed-down intro MOOC from Andrew Ng at Stanford, than pay for an in-person, dumbed-down intro class from some clown at my local community college. At least there’s no sunk cost, so it’s easy to walk away if I lose interest.