How Cohort Based Courses Can Help You Master Any Skill You Want
MOOCs are dead. Here’s what’s next.
Having access to content is not enough to master a subject. Learners ace a skill via direct practice of the skill they’re trying to master.
In 2011, people believed massive open online courses, so-called MOOCs, would revolutionize online learning.
Yet, data from Harvard University and MIT revealed three devastating data points against these courses:
- Completion rates. Only three to four percent complete MOOCs — a rate that hasn’t improved in the past six years.
- Retention. Only seven percent of MOOC learners start another course after their first year.
- Accessibility. While MOOCs promised to bring high-quality education to all corners of the world, only 1.43 percent come from countries classified as “low” in the Human Development Index.
As a result, the future of education doesn’t belong to MOOCs any longer. Instead, a new model emerged. Whether you’re a content creator or a lifelong learner — here’s how Cohort-Based Courses can help you master any skill.