For the past year, I've only been seriously interested in three Coursera courses - Scala, Ng's Machine Learning, and Probabilistic Graphical Networks.
All three overlap at the same time!! And they don't give assurances of when they will be offered again, or even if. Argh. I've started Scala but doubt I'll be able to continue if it I attempt PGN again. This happened to me last fall and I ended up completing none of the three.
Plus, it is apparently "known"... somewhere... that certain courses are easier if you take other courses first... but good luck finding that information when you want to refer to it.
I agree the scheduling makes it difficult. I'm doing the NLP class right now, and scheduled to start the PGM class in a couple of weeks. I'm worried about the overlap, but I'll make it work out.
But I also wanted to do the Scala course. I didn't start it because I know I'd not be able to keep up with all three when they overlapped for a few weeks. It's a shame, but I had to prioritize.
All three overlap at the same time!! And they don't give assurances of when they will be offered again, or even if. Argh. I've started Scala but doubt I'll be able to continue if it I attempt PGN again. This happened to me last fall and I ended up completing none of the three.
Plus, it is apparently "known"... somewhere... that certain courses are easier if you take other courses first... but good luck finding that information when you want to refer to it.