Initiatives for Online Education (part 2), Coursera vs. Udacity
After finishing CS101 at Coursera, I decided to give Udacity a shot. At first, I was a bit skeptical, particularly that most of the comparisons between Coursera and Udacity that I have met, most of them have praised Udacity's style but none has delved deep into comparing the content. Let's begin with first things first. What shall I compare here? - Programming Languages, - Instructors, - Content of course, - Platform, - Forums, and - Grading. * Programming Languages: a- Udacity --> Python 2.x (2.6 or 2.7, not sure) b- Coursera --> Modified version of javascript In this respect, I am completely biased against Coursera. The modified version of javascript is really easy to grasp and use, but, at the end of the day it is a __modified__ version. The real javascript is much more difficult. Moreover, the course just scratches the surface using javascript. For me, I think Coursera should have used an unchanged version of a programming language rathe