by Seb Murray, Business Because
The online learning revolution is coming to the office. Mooc makers and business schools are selling customized online courses to businesses – a lucrative market. The online learning revolution has broken into the boardroom. The developers of Moocs – massive open online courses – are teaming up with business schools to train executives in potentially lucrative courses ranging from cybersecurity to marketing. These developers have drawn huge audiences of millions globally to their free content which is developed by industry professionals and leading academics. For MBA and business school students, it means an online network of additional knowledge to tap into outside of the classroom, free of charge. For the learning technology companies that produce the courses, it is a way to turn their enormous popularity into cash, and widen their student pools.
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