Do you buy online courses?
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
United States
August 28, 2021 1:10pm CST
There's so many sites out there now where you can learn odds and ends. Of course while youtube is the most obvious (free) option, it is limited. Do you buy courses from places like skillshare and coursera? Have you considered it?
How do you know the course works before you try it? Would you be upset if you didn't get your money back?
The closest example I have is when I signed up for Stratford Career Institute. I never even finished the course and they stopped billing me. Pretty sure while the course may have been legit, the certificate would not have been.
What do you have to say about this?
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7 responses
@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
29 Aug 21
I haven't had a desire to get back into "schoolin'" since I retired.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 Aug 21
I understand that. I like to just look up things and do my own research instead of being taught it.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
30 Aug 21
@LindaOHio I agree. Unless your degree could be used in a side income capacity, it would not have been worth it.
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
30 Aug 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum For a while I wanted to finish my degree; but I thought...Why spend the money and stress myself out if I'm no longer working??? Made no sense except for personal satisfaction.
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@allen0187 (59648)
• Philippines
29 Aug 21
Never.
I always thought that there are a ton of free courses available online.
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@allen0187 (59648)
• Philippines
29 Aug 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum yup, I guess to these people, certification is important.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 Aug 21
@allen0187 But they also must be careful. Sometimes the certification isn't valid.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 Aug 21
Oh there are plentiful free courses and written instructions online. I think some buy the courses in hopes of getting certified.
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@kaylachan (84703)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
28 Aug 21
I'm not a person who wants to "learn" past what I've learned in high school. If you know the right keywords, you can generally find any topic (as you said ) for free on youtube. That's what I do if I need a quick totoral for something.
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@kaylachan (84703)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Aug 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yeah. I couldn't do it again. I don't do well under presure. And, My husband has a degree, and it's worthless and my best friend had to quit teaching because of the streign on her mental health. And, it's far and few in-between anymore who can put their degrees to use.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 Aug 21
Right. I finished school and have had enough of the instrucitonal learning.
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@prashu228 (37518)
• India
29 Aug 21
I need boy an online counter ..but my cousin's did..they are preparing for some exams ..so recently they bought from a site ... it's a famous education app here..
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
29 Aug 21
I hope that it is very successful for them in preparing their exams.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
28 Aug 21
Were they helpful? I tend to stick to youtube videos for anxiety / stress etc.
@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
28 Aug 21
I have done a few courses from Coursera but for free. The course was free and one had to pay only if interested in writing the exams for certificates.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
28 Aug 21
Oh that's interesting. I had no idea they did that, but that's great.
@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
28 Aug 21
I have thought of doing it but there are so many ways to learn online without courses that I will stick to them
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104615)
• United States
28 Aug 21
You're right. I keep thinking that I don't want to waste money if I will not practically use the course to make money.
