"The University" With 35 Million Students

MOOC and Learn: The University with 35 Million Students

Micro-targeted online 'MOOC' learning is becoming increasingly relevant

Jamie Carter | April 14, 2016

Robots are taking our jobs, with as many as half the world's population set to be unemployed by 2045 according to some. This kind of fear-fed hyperbole has accompanied the introduction of every piece of new technology since the dawn of mankind. The catalyst for the current panic is the rise of robotics and AI, which could cause massive restructuring and a much more competitive job market.
Speaking to the New York Times in February 2016, AT&T's CEO and Chairman, Randall Stephenson, said that people who don't spend five hours a week online learning will make themselves obsolete. 

[...] people who don't spend five hours a week online learning will make themselves obsolete. ...There is a need to retool yourself, and you should not expect to stop [...]

(Rabdall Stephenson, AT&T CEO and Chairman, February 2016) Source: http://www.techradar.com/us/news/world-of-tech/mooc-and-learn-the-university-with-35-million-students-1318037

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1vM94AXb1w

<more at http://www.techradar.com/us/news/world-of-tech/mooc-and-learn-the-university-with-35-million-students-1318037; related articles and links: http://www.forbes.com/sites/joshbersin/2016/01/05/use-of-moocs-and-online-education-is-exploding-heres-why/#5f39f84e7f09 (Use Of MOOCs And Online Education Is Exploding: Here's Why. January 5, 2016) and http://qz.com/594710/turns-out-some-subjects-really-cant-be-taught-online/ (There’s a lot we’re not learning when we try to learn online. January 29, 2016)>