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To: Road Walker who wrote (136484)	8/29/2013 9:15:29 AM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Fantastic John! In January 2013, Coursera announced that the American Council on Education had approved five courses for college credit. [9] As the journalist Steve Kolowich noted [9] "whether colleges take the council's advice, however, is an open question." The courses that were recommended to degree-granting institutions for college credit are: [9] Algebra from the University of California, Irvine [10] Pre-Calculus, from the University of California, Irvine Introduction to Genetics and Evolution from Duke University Bioelectricity: A Quantitative Approach from Duke University Calculus: Single Variable from the University of Pennsylvania Coursera will offer proctored exams at the end of these courses through ProctorU, an online proctoring service that connects proctors and students via webcam. The service will cost $60–$90. [10] Coursera reduces the cost of courses it offers by making students grade their peers' homework [11] and employing statistical methods to validate the assessment.[ citation needed]

To: Road Walker who wrote (136484)	8/29/2013 4:19:37 PM
From: RetiredNow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

LOL. That is very cool. I bet that helps keep your mind sharp. Way to go. I can't wait to have more time to do things like that. I do have my eye on a few courses on there that I want to take as well. One has to do with Chinese monetary policy. I want to learn more about where they are headed. I have this theory that China is buying up the world's gold supply at an accelerating pace, and that, coupled with the bilateral currency deals they are signing with so many countries, is setting them up for the day they announce Renminbi convertibility into hard gold. If they do that, then I think within months to a few short years afterwards, we'll see more trade done globally in Renminbi than in US Dollars, which means the Chinese currency will be the de facto reserve currency. That will have a tremendous downward wealth effect on the US and hamstring our ability to print money with abandon and manipulate our own interest rates. Right now we can do so, because the consequences of QE and ZIRP are spread out among our trading partners globally. But if we aren't the reserve currency, then QE and ZIRP will mean hyper inflation for us. I think most Americans don't really understand how reserve currency status puts a floor under our national wealth. I think it is only a matter of time when we lose it and China is doing all the things necessary to take it from us. So I can't wait to take that course starting Sept. 30th. Here's the link. Check it out: coursera.org