Entrepreneur named 4 overheated education and training market segments

    In early September of this year, the well-known business magazine Entrepreneur in the section for starting a business named the most promising areas of development of modern education. The segment of distance corporate training, which is expanding due to additional courses, often not directly related to professional topics, did not stand aside.



    According to the authors of the magazine, at present 4 of the following areas are developing most rapidly:

    • Corporate training
    • Higher education
    • Continuing and vocational education
    • Education for children and adolescents

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    Corporate training


    Corporate training helps companies achieve their goals faster through training and staff motivation. Among the features of this direction, the authors of the note note the fact that corporate online courses successfully combine the “ flipped classroom ” or “inverted class” model , for which it is necessary to provide the student with a large number of video, audio and text materials, as well as a class model with live communication.

    Higher education


    Here the central place was taken by MOOCs , which we have already written about several times. With reference to edX online learning platform statistics , the following numbers are provided: in 2012 and 2013, 138,000 Americans signed up for Mass Open Online Courses, while in Europe and India the number of students reached 72,000 and 60,000, respectively.

    Also, courses that provide preparation for various serious business exams, the MBA exam GMAT , as well as the GRE and LSAT similar to it , are in demand and popular .

    Continuing and vocational education


    The most creative of the four most sought-after branches of modern education was named self-development courses, including both continuing education and the concept of continuing education. Online learning tools such as videos, tests, and lectures are also in demand here.

    Education for children and adolescents


    Distance education allows you to “fill in the gaps” in free general education, starting from kindergarten and ending with graduation classes (the so-called training period K – 12 ). In the United States, this method combines well with the Common Core Standards Initiative (CCSI) national literacy program , which provides nationwide literature and math standards for this age group. The article notes that in this type of training, gamification is most in demand.


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