[eric_bullington]

I've been doing a lot of self-study online, and two things jump to mind:

1) There should be many more interactive exercises during and after instruction, and not just multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank. There's a lot of potential for automated interaction that courses simply don't take advantage of, probably because it's time intensive for each course to do.

Khan is perhaps the best at this, but they still don't have as much as they could, and (understandably) don't have the depth and variety of courses of Coursera, etc.

2) Lack of social interaction. At university, I learned a lot of subjects very well simply by teaching others in them (tutoring students who were lagging, and later paid tutoring). I miss this interaction a lot. I should take the initiative and make YouTube videos and blog posts teaching others about material I have learned, but I often forget as I get lost in textbook readings and online lectures.

[ai_ia]

1. I am actually working into more interactive way of learning rather than just a guy teaching in the video of an hour before proceeding. I can do that by taking text based study course rather video based.

2. Social interaction is missing, yes. But there is also a greater deal of learning that occurs when we study alone.

Can you please elaborate what you refer when you emphasize on more interactive exercise?

I totally agree with you, just want to look for what you had in mind.