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RE: FREE Coursera(must have verified student email) - Merlin - 07-16-2020
(07-16-2020, 10:12 AM)celerius Wrote:(06-06-2020, 02:30 AM)Merlin Wrote: I was able to verify that wgu.edu email addresses work just fine for this program.
How do you know if the email address works? If I click on "Enroll for Free" and it still pops up the 2 options like what's shown below means it didn't work?
![[Image: EcqSHx5.png]](https://i.imgur.com/EcqSHx5.png)
As it happens, Machine Learning is one of the courses that is not included in the free certificate list. Well, the Andrew Ng course at least, not sure about the others.
However, after submitting your school address for verification for the free program it should confirm that you were accepted or not. The next time you log in using that email address it will pop up something and move you into the Coursera for Students program.
You should be able to verify this by looking at the top of the screen (on mobile) or by clicking on the little icon in the top left of the website on the desktop version) where it should say "Coursera for Students" if the account is properly flagged and you're accessing the right part of the site. If you have a regular Coursera account as well as a student account on the same account, you may need to use the dropdown in that area to select the students' version.
RE: FREE Coursera(must have verified student email) - celerius - 07-17-2020
(07-16-2020, 06:09 PM)Merlin Wrote: As it happens, Machine Learning is one of the courses that is not included in the free certificate list. Well, the Andrew Ng course at least, not sure about the others.
That's correct. I realized it's not all courses free after I got my account to work.
Initially after verifying my university email address it still did nothing. It was when I entered my university email address into https://www.coursera.org/for-university-and-college-students then it became clear.
Quote:Free Coursera is not yet available for this email domain
Your email domain is not included on Coursera’s list of universities and colleges. Please provide your school information so we can work to grant access to students at your school.
Then I tried my tesu email address and it worked. You'll know it works because the Coursera interface actually looks different.
RE: FREE Coursera(must have verified student email) - MNomadic - 09-28-2020
(09-28-2020, 10:37 AM)Mikimiki Wrote: To be honest, I don't trust such courses.
What do you mean by not "trusting" such courses?
RE: FREE Coursera(must have verified student email) - rachel83az - 09-28-2020
(09-28-2020, 10:37 AM)Mikimiki Wrote: To be honest, I don't trust such courses.
What? Why not?
RE: FREE Coursera(must have verified student email) - Merlin - 09-30-2020
(09-28-2020, 10:37 AM)Mikimiki Wrote: To be honest, I don't trust such courses.
There is no reason not to trust them.
In most cases, Coursera courses are regular college courses, taught by college instructors, but with minor alterations to support distance-learning students. Since they are not for credit, they may use volunteer student aids and include peer review as part of the evaluation process. But you can still learn quite a bit if you take it seriously, and that is really why you take the courses. Of course, if you pay, you can also earn a certificate that is useful on your resume and LinkedIn profile, but to me, education is the key reason I am interested in Coursera.
RE: FREE Coursera(must have verified student email) - rachel83az - 09-30-2020
(09-30-2020, 03:04 AM)Mikimiki Wrote: Most likely because they are free. You have to pay for good information
Aside from the fact that it's not always true that "you get what you pay for", these courses are normally paid for. This is the first time that they've been offered for free. Paying for something directly never means that a thing is automatically better than something else that costs less or is available for free.
RE: FREE Coursera(must have verified student email) - MNomadic - 09-30-2020
(09-30-2020, 03:04 AM)Mikimiki Wrote: Most likely because they are free. You have to pay for good information. This is what my teachers at the institute constantly tell me when they offer to order coursework on the service https://www.rush-my-essay.com/buy-college-essays/ then I found out that my teachers work on this service. Not fair. Although you may be right, because we all watch lectures on YouTube, useful and good and we do not pay for them. I take my words back.
If your teachers are trying to push an essay writing service, then they're not good teachers.
Also, I suggest you not link to such services. Not sure if you're subtly trying to promote them or not.
FREE Coursera(must have verified student email) - rachel83az - 09-30-2020
Yikes, when I replied to Mikimiki, the URL for the essay service wasn't there.
RE: FREE Coursera(must have verified student email) - MNomadic - 10-06-2020
Coursera has expanded their Coursera for Campus program to allow university/college students to take 1 free course per year plus unlimited guided projects. It appears this will be their new indefinite program.
https://learner.coursera.help/hc/en-us/articles/360049707052-Coursera-for-Campus-Student-Plan-and-Basic-Plan-FAQ-s?utm_medium=email&utm_source=marketing&utm_campaign=sNOXsP0cEeqBo8m8_7foAg#h_01EKH5V680E97EQ8S8C2SD02HT
RE: FREE Coursera(must have verified student email) - SweetsugarNL - 10-12-2020
Where can I see which courses are under the one free per year?