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Eugene Yan: MOOCs offer diminishing returns; real learning comes from doing

Eugene Yan argues that while Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) can be useful for initial learning, they often lead to diminishing returns and can even become a form of procrastination. He suggests that true learning, especially in fields like data science and machine learning, comes from applying knowledge to real-world problems and embracing the challenges that arise outside of the structured, AI

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Eugene Yan: MOOCs offer diminishing returns; real learning comes from doing

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  1. Eugene Yan TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    You Don't Really Need Another MOOC

    Stop procrastinating, go off the happy path, learn just-in-time, and get your hands dirty.