The schedule of the courses is a mixed blessing. On the one hand, the schedule actualy made me do the courses, as opposed to doing them "some day", i.e. never getting around to it.
On the other hand, if you are working full time and have a family, it is a real challenge to fit the required work in.
I have taken two courses from Coursera, Intro to Databases (8 weeks), and Algorithms part 1 (5 weeks). A shorter course is definitely more managable in terms of time-commitment.
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The schedule of the courses is a mixed blessing. On the one hand, the schedule actualy made me do the courses, as opposed to doing them "some day", i.e. never getting around to it.
On the other hand, if you are working full time and have a family, it is a real challenge to fit the required work in.
I have taken two courses from Coursera, Intro to Databases (8 weeks), and Algorithms part 1 (5 weeks). A shorter course is definitely more managable in terms of time-commitment.
I written about my experience in more detail here: http://henrikwarne.com/2011/12/18/introduction-to-databases-... and here http://henrikwarne.com/2012/05/08/coursera-algorithms-course...