Brief Summary
This video provides an overview of popular MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) platforms: Coursera, edX, Udemy, and Skillshare. It shares how to use each platform effectively based on the type of content you're looking for, whether it's academic concepts, practical skills, or creative hobbies. The video also addresses a common mistake of investing heavily in traditional education while hesitating to spend on online learning resources.
- Coursera and edX are best for fundamental, academic concepts.
- Udemy is ideal for up-to-date, practical skills like digital marketing and web development.
- Skillshare is great for creative skills and hobbies.
- Investing in online learning is crucial and can be more effective than traditional education for acquiring job-relevant skills.
Ishan Sharma introduces the video's purpose: to clarify the best MOOC learning platform among Udemy, Skillshare, Coursera, and edX. He emphasizes that the video is based on his personal experiences and is not sponsored, aiming to provide honest opinions on how to effectively use each platform.
Coursera is highlighted as a platform for learning fundamental, academic, and theoretical concepts, especially in fields like finance and advanced computer science. The platform offers courses from colleges and experienced professors, making it suitable for in-depth learning. While Coursera also offers courses in areas like web development, it is best for understanding basic concepts rather than the latest tech trends. edX is mentioned as a similar platform for academic learning.
Udemy is presented as a platform for learning practical skills such as digital marketing, video editing, graphic designing, web development, and Android development. The platform is favored for its up-to-date catalog of video courses.
Skillshare is recommended for learning creative topics like UI/UX design, productivity, time management, and using platforms like Notion, Airtable, and Asana. It's suited for exploring hobbies and creative skills, with categories like hand lettering available. The platform is also useful for design skills and freelancing courses. Skillshare is more about personal enrichment and skill diversification.
The video addresses a common issue: people readily invest significant amounts in college fees but hesitate to spend a small amount on online courses. Investing in learning is crucial, especially for those in their 20s. The author references a LinkedIn article discussing how individuals spend large sums on college education, often without substantial learning, while being reluctant to invest in affordable online courses that can provide job-relevant skills. These platforms often have free courses or affordable rates, making them accessible for continuous learning. The community sections in these platforms are valuable for connecting with other students and learning about their projects.
The video concludes with a call to action, encouraging viewers to comment if they watched until the end. The speaker shares his social media handles and expresses gratitude to the audience.
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0:00 hey everyone i'm ishaan sharma and in this video i'll be clearing the confusion people have around what is the best mooc learning platform for them is it udemy is it skillshare is it coursera is it edx i personally have been using all four or five of them and in this video i thought of sharing my honest opinions this video is not sponsored i have worked with a lot of these brands in the past for the videos that i've made but in this video i just want to share my own opinions how i like to use these platforms these are some amazing platforms but there is a way in which you should be using every one of these right so first starting out with coursera coursera is a great platform i have some really popular videos on my channel around coursera and how can you get courses on coursera more importantly i think i personally like to use coursera for learning more fundamental
0:46 academic theoretical concepts so let's say i wanted to learn about finance so in that case i prefer to go for coursera because it has courses from colleges and from really experienced professors i would want to learn these concepts from them number two let's say i want to learn about really advanced computer science concepts so in that situation i thought it would be best for me to go to course era and not go to other websites like you have you know udemy or you have skillshare so that's how i like to learn from coursera i'm not looking out for let's say web development bootcamp course on coursera there are courses on coursera about web development as well that you can take but i feel that web development is a field which is constantly evolving and if you were to use platforms like coursera for learning about the latest in tech in web development you might be disappointed a
1:33 little bit but if you were to learn about the basic fundamental concepts of computer science this is a wonderful platform to use coursera as well as edx that's what i prefer to use it for number two you have udemy udemy is a great platform i myself have been using udemy for over i think three to four years i have worked with them as well and i personally like to use udemy for let's say this digital marketing if i had to learn about digital marketing i would definitely go over there i have a number of uh courses that i've taken on digital marketing on udemy number two if i had to learn about let's say video editing if i had to learn about graphic designing or if i had to learn about let's say web development android development in that case i would like to focus more towards udemy than other platforms why because it has video
2:19 courses first of all and it just has a more up-to-date catalog of courses that you can go for so that's how i like to use udemy let me know in the comment section how do you use all of these platforms which one do you prefer the most i would love to hear your opinions on this by the way if you are liking this video hit the like button and subscribe as well moving on we have skillshare skillshare is a great platform i have been using it for over six months now i just got the annual subscription for skillshare and the way i like to use skillshare is whenever i have to learn about some creative topic right whenever i have to learn about let's say ui design ux design learning about things like productivity learning about how to manage my time learning about things like notion learning about platforms like air table learning about asana whenever i have to learn about services like these i would definitely
3:05 go on to skillshare and take a look at the amazing classes that they have available skillshare is more about finding out your hobbies and skills and just following that there are a lot of different more creative categories also available on skillshare so you can do some hand lettering you can do some really creative stuff so that's definitely something that you can go for if you're interested but i must like to use it for design skills for example or for freelancing courses that i pursue so this is basically how i like to learn from skillshare as a platform all of these are wonderful platforms but i think it's definitely important for you to categorize each of them so as i just said close raise for more academic concepts for more deeper level concepts and you can get some of the best teachers on coursera teaching you that
3:51 thing number two you have udemy which is the most up to date i would say and number three you have skill share which is more for hobbies and creative skills that you can learn all of these are great let me know in the comment section what do you like to use and what is the thing that you like to prefer the most i have multiple videos in which i talk about how can you get courses on udemy as well as course setup for free so you can take a look at that if you're interested and you would like to learn more about that also i think one very interesting feature for all of these platforms is the community section for whatever course you are taking when you go to the community section you can actually find a lot of enthusiastic students and you can talk to them and you can learn about what is it that they are learning what projects are they building i think skillshare does it a little bit better than other platforms just my opinion but that's basically how i like to use all of these platforms one
4:37 good thing about all of these platforms is that a lot of these courses are either available for free or you can actually just get them at very affordable rates so that's definitely a plus point for any student out there who wants to learn these things so make sure that you are investing in learning as much as possible if you are at my age around 20 or something you should totally invest as much as possible into learning and there was this linkedin article i saw in which it was talking about how people invest two three four five lakh rupees every single month or every single year for their college fees and they really think a lot about spending 500 rupees to get a udemy course or to get that skill share subscription you will always say a paid course you have answered again everything and all that but you really have to think about how you are spending so much on your college fees in which
5:24 most people don't learn much and if you just put 500 rupees in these platforms you can get access to a great course through which you can learn some really important skill that can help you get a job as well by the way if you're still watching this video make sure that you just say i was till the very end in the comment section thank you so much that was the video you can check me out on instagram as well as twitter i will see you in the next video bye you
