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EdX Drops Plans To Connect MOOC Students With Employers

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-job-for-you dept.

First time accepted submitter cranky_chemist writes "MOOC provider edX plans to abandon a program that allowed companies to mine their massive open online courses for talent after a pilot program in which none of 868 students were hired failed. edX cited HR departments for the program's demise, stating 'Existing HR departments want to go for traditional degree programs and filter out nontraditional candidates.'"

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  1. Re:Degrees are certifiably worthless now? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    Nonsense. You can interact with others with or without a degree. Degrees are merely pieces of paper, and I've found that hiring self-taught candidates leads to much, much better results than hiring the trash that comes from college (though there are good college-educated students, but that's in spite of college, not because of it).