Why Your Next Job Training Course May Be a MOOC
- Robert Ubell for IEEE Spectrum February 6th, 2017
- Source: http://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/at-work/education/why-your-next-job-training-course-may-be-a-mooc
Over the past two decades, the great Internet wave that swept through industry and revolutionized everything in its wake—including manufacturing, product development, supply-chain management, marketing, financial transactions, and customer service—likewise transformed on-the-job training. Companies eager to cut costs saw the overwhelming economic advantage of online instruction over the conventional classroom, and so they shuttered lavish country-club-style training parks and canceled employee travel to professional development courses in exotic locales. These days, most workers tend to receive their training at their desks, the better to maintain productivity.
