Is the CourseMBA the same as taking an MBA from, say, Harvard or Stanford?
No. Where you study for an MBA is a question of choice and some students are willing to take a year or two off work and to pay $10,000 or more for their studies. CourseMBA does not have the prestige of an established University, but does provide a cost-effective academic framework for strongly motivated people who wish to study while continuing to work. It also uses more digestible modules followed swiftly by an exam, rather than relying on old-school case studies and dissertations.