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How course collecting replaces actual learning

I have seventeen unfinished online courses in my browser bookmarks and I keep buying new ones instead of completing any of them.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The acquisition of learning opportunities can substitute for the sustained effort that learning requires.

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