The document provides tips for taking massive open online courses (MOOCs) effectively. It recommends considering your motivation and available time before starting a course, as the workload is often underestimated. It also suggests choosing courses carefully, staying on schedule if they have fixed timelines, checking certificate and participation requirements, making the courses a daily habit, using forums and networking features wisely, and focusing on one platform. The tips are meant to help leverage past experience in MOOCs.

1. MOOC Tips
take it seriously
@danielharcek Coursera.org Zilina Meetup 1st of August 2013

2. Tips and tricks leverage the experience
● What is your motivation?
● How much time can you spend?
Workload per week is often almost
twice as high compared to estimate.
● Choose well and do not “multi-
course”
● Are you fine with fixed schedule? If it’
s a time constrained course stay on
schedule.

3. Tips and tricks leverage the experience
● Are there certificates? What are the
requirements.
● Make a habit, do it “daily”
● Does it involve collaboration
(hangouts, meetings, team project,
peer review etc...)?
● Use forums (but wisely, LOT OF
CONTENT)
● Participate & network (but wisely :))

4. Tips and tricks leverage the experience
● Read class agenda carefully, if
possible look at the past content
● Try to google for a course review or
recommendations (e.g. coursetalk.
org)
● Listen / view lectures @high speed
mode :)
● Focus on one platform or use
aggregator (e.g. class-central.com)

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