Has anyone taken classes from Coursera?

[Mai72]

I didn't know Coursera even existed until I found out that they just released their app for Android. I downloaded the app and it seems awesome. I like the idea of taking free classes online.

I know that you don't get real credits like you would if you took a class at a University, but you're still learning something of value.

Do you guys think it's a good idea to put these finished classes on your resume? They have to count for something. I think that if you put the finished Coursera classes at the end of your resume it shows that you're a proactive learner.

Thoughts?

 

[Albatross]

Not Coursera but I`m waiting for this course.

 

[Wonderful Pork]

I have taken several courses from Coursera. They are challenging if you actually try and complete all the quizzes and things (for the finance type classes I took anyway). I easily spent 4-6 hours per week, similar to an actual college class for lectures + homework.

I will not be listing them on my resume though, however I suppose it isnt entirely unreasonable to do so

 

[ultimatebob]

I did the Science Of Gastronomy course from University Of Hong Kong on Coursera.

I got a 100% on the quizzes. I just like bragging about that I still wouldn't put it on my resume unless I was applying for a food service job, though.

 

[ForumMaster]

haven't actually taken any classes from that site yet, but they do have a section of "verified certificates" where you pay, and the universities where you have taken your online course issue you a verified real certificate of completion that is equivalent to having taken the course.

i see no issue with putting that on your resume.

 

[Aharami]

took a few programming courses, and a finance course from coursera, and a database one from stanford online. I thought the stanford one started out ok, but got challenging toward the end. The coursera ones were all over the place. The Programming Languanges one, where they started out with SML, I thought was fairly challenging and required a lot of time commitment. The Python one was more fun and simpler. The computational investing one was ok, but the professor teaching it wasn't too good. Have taken a few others. Overall, very worthwhile. Don't expect to breeze thru them. All of them require decent time commitment.

I wouldn't put them on my resume unless I followed up and completed projects with what I learned, or otherwise utilized my new knowledge in the real world somehow.