My First MOOC Experience at Coursera.
Courtesy:linuxcandy.com The First Step My journey with Coursera began when I first read about it in an email blast from the Bangalore Python Users Group's (BangPypers) mailing list. I had heard from my seniors at college that Python was very easy to learn and a very popular language nowadays and many tech companies look for programmers who are proficient in Python. So I had decided to learn Python using online resources and hence I joined the BangPypers mailing list. One day there was an announcement that Coursera was offering a course in Python for beginners. I thought it was a good opportunity for me as I knew nothing about Python. I casually signed up for the course as I never thought I would complete it as I have a very busy schedule. This was my first experience of learning from a Massive Online Open Course ( MOOC ) . I had never heard of MOOCs before. MOOCs became popular just about one and a half years ago. The course that I joined was Introduction to In