There is a huge discussion on whether the online training websites should provide a certificate of completion or not (here). I will not spend any time repeating all these that are mentioned in the above link. There is no point in doing it. From my side i totally agree that fast forwarding the udemy training videos does not prove anything. It does not prove that i am capable of taking great photos or web developing in dreamwaver or anything..but…

It felt real good when i finished my first udemy online training on the advanced photo taking techniques, and udemy sent me a certificate of completion.

After all, doesn`t google also provide a certificate of completion for watching  ten videos of how to set up analytics, and then a stupid questionnaire? Yes they do. So there is nothing big about it. It`s just a proof to your self, that you have made some progress with that.

Now if you start comparing udemy to other online courses that are affiliated with known universities (like coursera and stanford online), and for which you have to sit proper exams and communicate with the teacher and stuff.. Then I suppose the situation might be slightly different, but again, i doubt it if that is something i would but in my resume.. Of course i have not managed to finish any such course. Yet.