Strategic Innovation and Design Thinking at Stanford Review

I just finished taking Strategic Innovation and Design Thing through Stanford's professional development center.
http://scpd.stanford.edu/search/publicCourseSearchDetails.do?method=load&courseId=1284924

Was it worth it - No
A few years ago, Stanford's online courses may have been cutting edge.  Now they just seem like a money making scheme.  There are three things I expect from a course, and this course failed to meet my expectations in all three.

What I expect
* Interesting and relevant material.
* Easy access to course content.
* Interaction with professors and other students.

What the course provided
* Meh course content.  Most of the course's content was just recorded lectures from a offline class. Much of that content is not relevant to someone taking the class online.  The major activities / projects of the course require a group to be successful, which you don't have online.

* Crap access to course content.  The lecture videos don't let you fast forward / rewind. The website was frustrating beyond belief to use.

* Non-existent interaction with classmates and professors.

Suggested Alternatives
http://www.udacity.com/overview/Course/ep245/CourseRev/1

This Udacity course is better in every way than the Stanford one.  The material is built for online consumption, you can get access to the class material, and you get to interact with other students and professors.

If you don't feel like taking that Udacity course, you might want to check out these books.
The Lean Startup By Ries, Eric (Google Affiliate Ad)
Crossing the Chasm By Moore, Geoffrey A./ McKenna, Regis (FRW) (Google Affiliate Ad)
http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Tornado-Strategies-Developing-Hypergrowth/dp/0060745819