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the value of Edx, Coursera and Udacity certificates

MaartenVergu

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What are the values of Coursera, edX and Udacity certificates for a resume?
I am from Belgium and I want to follow some free courses on EDx, but I don't know wether the verified certificates have any value in my country. It's always nice to have a certificate from Harvard or MIT, but are these certificates worth the effort?
Thanks for feedback.


https://www.edx.org/
https://www.coursera.org/
 
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Not so much your country but the company you want to join. I work in IT for a major bank and the development community really rates coursera courses. Python, scala, crypto, and reactive programming courses all got good reviews.
 
I have taken several edx and coursera courses, and I did put them on my resume when I was looking for jobs. I don't know whether or not that was the key factor in getting hired. I'm only peripherally involved in hiring at my company, and no candidates whose resumes I seen listed the classes.

I can say that they are not taken as seriously as an actual, for credit course from an accredited university, nor should they be. I think their value is mostly for people who have been out of school for a few years (or a few decades in my case) who want to show that they are not "coasting". They are still learning. Still trying to be their best. I think the courses go a long way in that category. On the other hand, I don't know if the certificate really matters all that much. I have paid for the certificates on occasion, but it was more a matter, for me, of giving back to the university, and providing an incentive to not skip the homework.

They also are just a very good value and, sometimes, what is important is not the credential, but the actual knowledge. You can learn some really good things, very cheaply. I'm a huge fan of MOOCs, and I hope they continue and grow. Thinking of them that way, paying the fifty or sometimes even 100 bucks for the certificate is still a bargain. You are getting something of value. You ought to be willing to give back a little.


ETA: I'll be starting this course:
https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-feedback-control-theory-mitx-6-302-0x tomorrow evening, 12:00 am UTC, Jan 4.
 
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