Coursera or Failera?
Yesterday, I saw a Coursera advertisement on Facebook, that,in and of itself was not so annoying. I consume MOOCs and other online learning opportunities ravenously, so I became interested. When I closely perused the “suggested” post and the link, I noticed they had done a very shoddy job of proofreading their post, as you see above.
I pointed out the error to them, and even provided a link that indicated how to use the “neither-nor” structure in sentences. Another Facebook user had also posted a comment indicating other problems with the post.
Today, the advertisement appeared on my timeline, this time, with both of our comments removed and the errors intact.
What does this tell you about Coursera? It definitely does not instill any confidence in me. It is one thing to make mistakes. Everyone makes mistakes. It is quite another issue when you actively ignore well meaning advice and corrections, and instead, choose to peddle grammatically incorrect “educational” opportunities. What a #fail!
