Why don't I see more people using The Great Courses?

[cookderosa]

Its perplexing to me that I don't see more people taking advantage of the Great Courses series of lectures. They're super expensive but only if you purchase them straight. You can get them for the price of one Audible Credit or often for free at the local library. So far its helped me immensely on the Civil War and Soviet History DSSTs as well as somewhat on the Cybersecurity one. Also I am planning on taking the 2 American History CLEPS soon and so I'm going through those lectures.

The main thing about them is that you can listen to them so its great for mutli-tasking or when doing something boring.

I love the Great Courses!! First let me say a friend made me copies of his, so I didn't have to buy them initially- but the Anatomy and Physiology series pulled me from a possible failure when I took the courses. Anyway, what I have not yet done, but plan to do in Aug, is to sign up for their streaming program.
It's like Netflix or Amazon Prime. You get the first month free, and then pay monthly.
The real upside is that they have most of their classes in the library, but if you want to buy a DVD program,
it's 70% off, which makes them much more affordable. The streaming program allows you to download the course guides on pdf instead of getting them in paper as is the case with the DVDs.
http://thegreatcoursesplus.7eer.net/c/37...25371/3896

I agree about Annenberg/learner.org, we used that extensively this school year too, but the Great Courses are really a superior product.

Edit to add: I have also found their lectures on youtube, but that's probably not allowed.