This is pretty interesting, and something a lot of people in the universities that recently partnered with Coursera have been asking: if we want to do MOOCs, why don't we just do them? Why do we need Coursera? The complexity doesn't seem very high, and Coursera doesn't seem to bring a lot to the table that isn't easy to replicate.

Just registered, but have not yet received a confirmation email. Can't wait to explore the service. I hope the MTA's are just queued and not something up with the site.