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Originally Posted by soondai
Yeah, the Great Courses can be hit or miss, but are sure hard to beat for bang-for-the buck. Some of them run 36 hours for one credit.
They've recently been cropping up in a lot of services available in libraries. Overdrive, RB digital, Hoopla, and Kanopy all carry a selection in either audio or video formats.
Dunno what the future hold for the company. Seems pretty tough to make it against all the free podcasts and moocs, but I hope they can find a way to stick around. Their streaming service seems pretty desperate for customers. It started out pretty expensive, but can now be had for 10 bucks a month if you but in 3 month blocks. Their emails smack a bit of desperation, reminding me of some of the magazine offers I get in the mail.
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I love the IDEA of the Great Courses, a reasonably thorough exploration of an interesting topic from folks with vetted credentials, not just some anonymous blogger.
But some of them are as boring to sit through as the worst of my college lectures, and I've caught a mistake or two that has shaken my trust.
I think I found a picture of their VP of Sales, attached.