Monday marks the last official day of the massive open online course (MOOC) “The Kennedy Half Century,” in which I’ve been enrolled for the past four weeks. The course, taught by Larry Sabato, has been, in a word, excellent. My last blog post talked about the engaging stories and tales of life experiences from the […]
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As “Irrational Behavior” Comes to a Close …
As I head into the sixth and final week of “A Beginner’s Guide to Irrational Behavior,” a Coursera MOOC,* I have to proclaim my enthusiasm for the course as well as its format. I’ve enjoyed this course more than nearly any other course I’ve ever taken—free or paid—and found both the subject matter and presentation […]
Close a Few Doors
Coursera is offering “A Beginner’s Guide to Irrational Behavior,” taught by Dan Ariely, as a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) this spring, and I’ve registered. As preparation, I have been reading a couple of his books: The (Honest) Truth about Dishonesty and Predictably Irrational. (Along the way, I’ve learned that I should have read Predictably […]