[ajays]

Certificates lose their meaning if they are doled out willy-nilly. Hence, Coursera has to implement (or at least try to) some sophisticated verification technology. This stuff doesn't come cheap; who's going to pay for it?

Me, personally, I don't care about certificates. I want the knowledge; and that is still free. Methinks the OP is making a big deal about a piece of paper.

[vdaniuk]

>sophisticated verification technology

Haha. Coursera's verification technology is a joke and prevents only the worst cases of cheating.

>Me, personally, I don't care about certificates

What's fine for you is fine for others, right?

[current_call]

Haha. Coursera's verification technology is a joke and prevents only the worst cases of cheating.

It really is terrible. It can't recognize me, so I stopped caring about verification.