在线教育的漫漫成功路

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1、在线教育的漫漫成功路IamcurrentlyenrolledinafreeonlineCourseral)classonterrorismthroughauniversitylocatedintheNetherlands，inwhichIwatchlecturesandcompleteassignmentsfromthecomfortofmycouch.AsmuchasIenjoythesubjectmatter，though，completingthecourseinatimelyfashion2)whilemaintainingaw

2、ork-lifebalancehasprovenchallenging.Ialmostgaveitup.Insteadofquittingaltogether,IpaidCoursera$49togivemea“completioncertificate”soI’IIhavearewardwhenIcompletethecourse.PuttingactualmoneyontheIine3)turnedouttobealltheincentiveIneededtokeepgoing.Onlineeducationserviceslike

3、Udacity4)andCourserabankon5)studentslikemetodrivethemtosuccess.Andifrecentonlinecourseofferingsareanyindication，thisyearwemightstarttoseeatrendtowardslegitimacyandprofitabilitythatprovesopeneducationhasstayingpoweramongthemultitaskingmasses.2013provedtobeabanneryear6)for

4、onlineeducation.Massiveopenonlinecourses,sometimescalledMOOCs，surgedinpopularity，duetoadvancedofferingsandapromisetomakeuniversity-leveleducationaccessible.Butthesecompaniesalsofacedconsiderablescrutiny.Inattemptingtodisrupttraditionaleducationandbecomeastandardofonlinel

5、earning,MOOCssufferedverylowretentionandcompletionratesaswellasskepticismsurroundingtheirbusinessmodels.Coursera，oneofthemostpopularonlineeducationcompanies，averagedaretentionrateofjustfourpercentacrossallcourses，accordingtoCourseracofounderDaphneKoller.Itappearseducatio

6、ncompaniesarereadytotacklelowretentionratesandcarveout7)theirniches8)inacademia.Withafewsubtlechanges，thesestartupscouldprovetothenaysayersthatonlineeducationisnotonlyaffordable，butalsoattractivetostudentsandemployersalike.AMovetoLegitimizeCourserarecentlyintroduced“spec

7、ializationcertificates,’’whichawardsstudentswithcertificatesoncetheymasterasequenceofcoursesonaspecifictopicandcompleteacapstone9)(a.k.a.“senior”)project.InaninterviewwithReadWritelO),AndrewNg,cofounderandco-CEOofCoursera，saidthegoalofspecializationcertificatesistoprovid

8、emoremeaningfulcredentialsbyputtingtogetherll)afullcourseofstudy.Initially，thespecializationcertificate