How much does a Coursera certificate weigh?

[Keshav Melnad]

Now a days coursera and edx courses are becoming popular. I too did few courses. I am just curious how much the Universities consider these courses as supplements with college regular degrees for admission for Ph.D or getting into Postdoc.

 

[micromass]

Now a days coursera and edx courses are becoming popular. I too did few courses. I am just curious how much the Universities consider these courses as supplements with college regular degrees for admission for Ph.D or getting into Postdoc.

They are useless for that purpose.

 

[Vanadium 50]

How much does a Coursera certificate weigh?

I dunno...maybe half an ounce?

As Micro says, they are useless for this.

 

[IGU]

Now a days coursera and edx courses are becoming popular. I too did few courses. I am just curious how much the Universities consider these courses as supplements with college regular degrees for admission for Ph.D or getting into Postdoc.

Universities have to protect their business model. They are not about to recognize their competition willingly. Eventually they will be forced to as industry goes in that direction, but it's a slow process. Alternative credentialing is inevitable, but academia will be the last to get there.