Open Library VS Coursera

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Open Library mentions (263)

• MLIS books available digitally?

  Check out https://openlibrary.org. You can search ´library science’, librarian’, etc, and something should come up. Just select the ‘ebooks’ option to search for items within the collection. And you can narrow the search by subject, etc. Source: 5 months ago

• NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month

  Right now I'm in the middle of the chicken and the egg problem where we don't have enough authors cataloging their publications and b/c of that obviously readers are not interested in using the site. I've gone back and forth with taking Open Libray's [0] catalog as that would at least flesh out our collection of books but then I'd have to deal with verifying authors to accounts so they can access their books.... - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

• is there any way to read books for free?

  Here's one: https://openlibrary.org/. Source: 6 months ago

• YSK: You can access many old and out of print hiking books from the Internet Archive's Open Library

  The Internet Archive runs what they call the Open Library, which is a unique concept on the traditional library. You can sign-up with minimal details and digitally check out many scanned books from libraries all over the world. The only caveat is that almost all of the books are older editions - ones that would be impossible to find locally. It's great if you're looking for old routes, a look back in time, details... Source: 7 months ago

• Searching for a pharmacy book

  I want to clarify that I'm a non-US citizen, so accessing physical copies from US libraries or buying it from Amazon might not be feasible for me. To give you some context, my personal research was guided by the wiki section of r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH (https://www.reddit.com/r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH/wiki/reading/). I've conducted research using various online resources, including the Ebook & Open Source/Access Libraries... Source: 8 months ago

Coursera mentions (115)

• Lost in life. Need to choose a career

  Anyway now go to coursera.org and for $49 a month get the Google IT Support Professional cert. That gives you a discount for the A+ exam. With a sob story Coursera may reduce the monthly fee as well. Anyway you are halfway to an IT degree and can be admitted to WGU. Source: 5 months ago

• Did Cousera get hacked today?

  Instead of homepage link opening to coursera.org it redirects to https://www.coursera.org/programs/american-dream-academy-jzjjt?currentTab=CATALOG. Source: 11 months ago

• Found out my Professor for Fall 2023 Python Course is one of the worst reviewed professors at the school

  In terms of structure, consider following a book like Python for Everybody or Automate the Boring Stuff With Python. One of the hard parts of learning a language like python on your own is knowing what you should learn and the order you should learn it in--resources like these books or online courses you can find on Coursera are great for helping with that. Source: 12 months ago

• Online programming courses

  You can try searching something up on coursera.org or edx.org. Source: 12 months ago

• Beginners who maybe lost and don't know where to start when learning tech

  Start off with this sub for general guidance and read around to see what type of programming you want to learn r/learnprogramming Use these websites for free, make a new email register for a course without a payment method and use the audit option to learn for free, both sites are legal and have courses from top universities. Edx.org and coursera.org. Source: about 1 year ago