[StCroix]

Anyone know why some of the courses offered by the likes of Standford that are available as open (free courses) on iTunesU and across the web aren't available on Coursera? One thing I dislike about the courses on iTunesU is the lack of being able to connect with others who are also studying along with you. There's no community per se

[dudurocha]

Because the Coursera courses are made to be online, not only classes that were put online.

The difference between Courser, Udacity and MITx, from iTunesU , earth academic and the others is that they prime for being a 'real' class. You have deadlines, exercises, projects and so on. And you can interact with your peers.