Discover 4 opportunities in MOOC

The culture of open online courses and MOOC portals is steadily on the rise, and not without good reason! Indeed, many would argue that it is a great advantage to be able to access and learn technical knowledge, free of charge from top professors from leading universities, while sitting in the comfort of one’s home or an internet cafe.

Lately, I have been engaging with the much-hyped MOOC phenomenon. The very thought of having online access to courses taught at Yale and Harvard for free is not only exciting as a concept but it opens a plethora of new avenues and opportunities for all seekers of knowledge. No matter which part of the world you are in, no matter what time of the day, no matter what your age, background or financial status, you can partake in an MOOC over a cup of coffee as long as you have internet connectivity!

Last year I wrote a post on whether free education would replace the skyrocketing tuition fees being faced around the world. A year later and this topic has expanded so much that it has a name: MOOCs – Massive Open Online Courses – and there are, literally, millions of them and the trend is growing fast, as illustrated by this ‘MOOC Timeline’.