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Coursera: How Facebook Groups Can Improve Your Experience With Coursera (And 6 Tips For Starting Your Own Group!)
Editor’s note: Ziko, Michael and their friends live in Israel and they are sharing with us 6 tips on how to utilizing Facebook study groups has helped them stay accountable when studying for a course. If you have creative ways that you are studying, please feel free to share with us in the comments!Thanks, Ziko & Michael, for your story! When we heard that Dan Ariely was going to teach A Beginner’s Guide to Irrational Behavior on Coursera, we knew we’d sign up immediately. As many students taking MOOCs discover, we knew that we’d have a lot of freedom — studying when we wanted and at our own pace. But many students need more structure and support when it comes to taking online courses. That’s why we decided to open an Israeli Facebook group for close friends who were interested in the course, a place where we could learn together and exchange experiences. After all, it’s much harder to ignore impending deadlines when your frie…