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If you take a Coursera course, be prepared for it being exactly like a university class. About 45 minute of monologue per section, the odd quiz, then 2-3 exams.

From the 4 Coursera courses I've taken, I've gotten some good info, but I learned nothing practical. Udacity on the other hand, has ~5-10 min videos, frequent quizzes and practical projects.

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I dislike Udacity, they interrupt every minute to ask stupid non-useful questions and some of their courses have very low quality.

Except is Peter Norvig:)

I wasn't referring to any particular course.

you should then take the nanodegrees. the kind of courses you are talking about are getting older now. the new nanodegrees have good materials.

just sounds like different learning styles

No, it's not a matter of learning styles. Rather, it's a matter of preference. I prefer rigorous coverage and quality.

Just take a look at Udacity's deep learning reviews @ class-central.com

While I have some issues with their deep learning nanodegree, the reviews on class-central are for the standalone course and not for the nanodegree... most students liked the nanodegree

It seems like this course also includes a lot of practical knowledge about deep learning, as it to be expected of Andrew Ng - who is writing the applied book "Machine Learning Yearning"

Can you recommend a ML related course from Udacity?

I've enjoyed the Deep Learning Nanodegree [0]. It is a 6 month survey course of deep learning techniques and applications. Some of the lessons and instructors are better than others but overall the content and projects have been good.

This course is not to be confused with the one-off deep learning course they offer [1], which I have not taken but have heard is not as good.

[0]https://www.udacity.com/course/deep-learning-nanodegree-foun...)

[1] https://www.udacity.com/course/deep-learning--ud730

I signed up for this, but didn't realize that they pull access to course material if you don't complete on their timeline. I asked for a refund because of this and they refused.

so you thought of quitting a course even though they gave us 6 months to finish it?

their approach is good to ensure people follow deadlines just like you would have in a school/college setting because that causes maxomim graduation rates

Yep, turns out my goal is to learn things on the timeline I deem appropriate, not maximize Udacity's graduation rates.

It's all good though -- their chargeback rate is going up, hehe.

lol, ok. then yeah, udacity isn't for you.

There are only 2 ML courses on Udacity. One is by Georgia tech and the other is by Sebastian Tron Legacy.

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