This app is designed to help college learners make the right choices when it is time to decide what courses they want to take in college. It helps to prevent a waste of money. It also helps them with eliminating the courses they don’t have interest in by providing free online courses beforehand.
Website: https://www.coursera.org/
What Users Love About the App
“I love Coursera as a platform. It is so great that you have at your disposal hundreds of courses in elite universities, with a specific program and at the best cost in the market. Its interface is the most incredible because it has a very ergonomic and minimalist system. You can locate any area of study through the filter and from the main menu you can find all the tools offered by the platform. It seems to me that the work of Coursera is a fundamental pillar in our generation because in itself our generation bets on virtual education to be able to have access to the model, program, and style of courses of universities like Harvard, Oxford, etc. It is magnificent. In addition, if we talk about the cost, it is really accessible. First, you find many free courses that maintain the quality and the program of those that are paid. And secondly, I can’t overlook the fact that the paid courses are quite affordable. The community and the contacts that you can create through the platform also seem to be a very valuable tool because having a network of contacts who are dedicated to the same thing as you and see how they manage their obstacles of the cart, well, many times it inspires you.”
“Coursera offers courses for almost every field, and from the most reputed educational institutions across the globe. It opens a gate for everyone to get the best knowledge from the best players in the market. You can have courses from Harvard, Oxford, etc., in the respective institutes’ teaching styles and professors. It is for anyone seeking to gain world-class knowledge on any subject or topic.”
“Coursera makes quality education available for anyone anywhere, it offers financial aid for students from low-income countries. Every application is evaluated individually. One can download the course content and continue studying, even in areas without internet access. Video lectures contain subtitles, and the final assignments do not cause pressure on the student. You can resubmit as many times as you need. Video lectures play even while the phone is in standby mode. That saves the battery life. Most of all, through the discussion forum you can meet new coursemates from all over the world.”
“I really like the way Coursera is set up to learn at your own pace. It’s quite helpful how the interface provides a lot of insight about the time something will take to complete, how many lessons are left in a unit, etc. There’s plenty of variety though, and the platform is flexible in accommodating various different topics of classes that might require a more customized layout.”
“What I like about the platform is the variety of courses it offers from different universities and companies which are present all over the world. The next thing I like the most is the peer-to-peer project review that helps the students quickly learn and apply their learnings from the courses to review others’ projects and correct their mistakes by implementing the feedback given by other peers. Thanks a lot, Coursera, for making education accessible for everyone irrespective of the place they are living and their qualification. I also like the way Coursera asks the information about a learner so that it can provide personalized recommendations.”
“The courses in Coursera are from great companies and universities. The instructors are usually very good at making you understand the concept, and the materials in most courses are generally practical and essential. With labs, projects, and guided projects, you get a hands-on experiment that is very helpful in mastering the skills and also helps you in your CV. And of course, some courses have communities and some benefits after completing them, such as helping you in finding your next career and handling the problems you encounter, which is awesome.”
What Users Dislike About the App
“The deadlines are not easily adjustable, even for classes that are supposed to be self-paced so I get a ton of notifications. I’m one of those people that have most notifications turned off because they cause anxiety, so this is enough to make me not want to continue using Coursera.”
“I ironically took a UX course and realized that the UX at Coursera needed improvement, it wasn’t always easy to find what part of the course you were on. Most of the time, you had to go about it in a roundabout way because it wasn’t straightforward. I didn’t love how the payment worked, the price was great but I would have loved a Netflix approach where I realized I could have taken two courses at once. Also, since everything was peer–graded, some grades took forever and it really held me back.”
“The search engine is not very good. I had some difficulties after switching my results to only guided projects. The results weren’t compatible with my search or the results were blank, and I had to refresh the page. Some courses are missing signals and systems, which would be great if added to Coursera.”
“I wish Coursera would take on more instructor-based courses; it would really give them a leg up in the game. There’s just not a whole lot of accountability when most assignments are peer-reviewed. It would also help students stick to the class and finish assignments on time. I also wish Coursera would continue to try different ways to set up course interfaces to make better learning and course experience.”
“Sometimes, I did not get all the notifications about updates in my courses or discussion that I wanted to follow. The peer-review process in the less popular courses takes forever because you have to wait for someone to review your work.”
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