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

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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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  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.

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