I am not the first to suggest that demand for digital learning
is growing. Educational institutions worldwide have for several
years adopted digital platforms to engage learners – Open Yale is a
prime example.
Today, such initiatives are not confined to the (virtual) walls
of renowned educational establishments. Udemy, for
example, is a 'marketplace' for e-learning, with over two
million enrolments across 12,000 courses. In its
TMT Predictions 2014 report, Deloitte predicts that
registrations in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) in 2014 will
increase by 100% compared to 2012, reaching 10 million courses.
While completion rates are low (less than 0.2% of all tertiary
education courses completed in 2014 will be MOOCs), by 2020 this
may rise to 10%.
