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I spend a good deal of time on various MOOC platforms as a learner and observer. In my opinion (no association with anyone), I think Udacity is a scam!

There are way too many courses I have come across, which are there only to grab the money. There is no quality control there.

In my opinion, Edx, Coursera, Khan Academy, are a better deal.

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That's a pretty big accusation with no justification. Care to contribute some detail as to why Udacity is a scam?

Look at the quality of some of the content; extremely poor, but the cost does not reflect. The word scam may be too harsh, but I can't tell what it may be like when you pay for something and feel ripped off. Most of such content I have noticed, are generally referred through reddit via free coupons. But that does not negate the fact that they are being sold.

The Udacity content is all free, or as free as it is on Coursera and edX. You pay for additional stuff like code reviews, but the lectures and quizzes are all free.

If anything it's more "free" than coursera.

I'll be damned. I confused the udemy with udacity. I guess I cannot edit my comments, or else I was going to remove them for a major affed up.

When it comes to Internet, i.e, virtual material which you can't touch or feel...branding is all there is.

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