Posted by: kalidasbhaisaab March 26, 2016
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I agree with you sajhamitra in that one doesn't have to go traditional schools and spend thousands when one can be vocationally trained in employable technological skills through online or MOOC courses.
On a different note; I tend to enroll in a wide variety of MOOCs but seldom complete one. Then I read a recent article in The Atlantic that the completion rate for MOOC enrolee is as low as 5%. It seems, arguably, that students who already have traditional college degrees fare better in self-paced online learning models.
To Mike Tyson - I would pause before going back to traditional school for a Bachelor's Degree in Applied Information Technology related courses. Obviously there would not be easy online substitutes for pure science degrees like Bachelor's in Computer Science but if I set myself to learn, say, Tableau or SAS, which are employable skills & technologies in current market, there are options to learn without going to traditional schools.
On a different note; I tend to enroll in a wide variety of MOOCs but seldom complete one. Then I read a recent article in The Atlantic that the completion rate for MOOC enrolee is as low as 5%. It seems, arguably, that students who already have traditional college degrees fare better in self-paced online learning models.
To Mike Tyson - I would pause before going back to traditional school for a Bachelor's Degree in Applied Information Technology related courses. Obviously there would not be easy online substitutes for pure science degrees like Bachelor's in Computer Science but if I set myself to learn, say, Tableau or SAS, which are employable skills & technologies in current market, there are options to learn without going to traditional schools.