Online certificate courses are not just popular but for some sectors, essential, says TalentSprint MD
Online learning platforms have made courses from top universities across the world available at a fraction of the cost. They saw interest surge during the pandemic.
Online learning platforms once drew only working professionals. That is now changing with undergraduate students and youths just out of school increasingly turning to them.
Guillaume Grangeon, academic director, Alliance Française de Delhi spoke to Careers360 about the popularity of French in India and teaching online.
Online language courses attract students going abroad, job-seekers joining MNCs and learners writing language proficiency tests.
Drawing instruction from diverse fields, Udemy defines itself as a "marketplace" for online courses.
AICTE chairman, Anil Sahasrabudhe, explains why only a small fraction of online courses are allowed to to join the framework of formal higher education.
Within the world of certificate courses, there is a hierarchy. Sitting on top are courses offered by India’s premier public institutions.