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Yes I'd be interested in working on this (email in profile). I think it could be similar to http://www.gym-pact.com/ but for MOOCs (i.e. "get paid to finish MOOCs"). It could also expand to coders who have trouble finishing their side-projects (I had this idea recently).

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Yeah, I got the idea from gympact! What would you envision as an MVP?

Sign up and put in credit card (maybe use stripe) or paypal info, choose which course you're taking (on coursera, udacity, etc.), and set an amount you want to "wager" on finishing that course (and a date to finish it by if it's a pace yourself course). Come back when the course is over and upload your certificate to prove you finished the course before the deadline (with email reminders). Make money for finishing it (paid for by people who didn't finish).

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