Other great courses: Learning to Learn, Irrational Psychology by Dan Ariely, and Algorithms by Sedgewick
Can someone recommend a good way to work with other students on MOOCs? I've taken many courses, but they aren't much better than just reading the textbook and working on a personal project, although the curation of content is valuable.
The relationship aspect is sorely missing from online courses. If there was an easy way to have a classroom setting with highly motivated peers each following the MOOC with a collaborative environment, then I would definitely want to sign up. You say that's what college is for? Well I've already graduated, signing up for random college classes is extremely expensive and the peer group is highly variable.
The best way I found was to sign up with a group of co-located friends and form a study group. If you don't know anyone who wants to take your course, maybe you could try joining a relevant Meetup group and asking people there?
Other great courses: Learning to Learn, Irrational Psychology by Dan Ariely, and Algorithms by Sedgewick
Can someone recommend a good way to work with other students on MOOCs? I've taken many courses, but they aren't much better than just reading the textbook and working on a personal project, although the curation of content is valuable.
The relationship aspect is sorely missing from online courses. If there was an easy way to have a classroom setting with highly motivated peers each following the MOOC with a collaborative environment, then I would definitely want to sign up. You say that's what college is for? Well I've already graduated, signing up for random college classes is extremely expensive and the peer group is highly variable.