What Can Entrepreneurs Gain From MOOCs? (And The 6 Questions Every Entrepreneur Should Be Asking)
MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are great for students, good for executives, provide education certificates, and most importantly, they are free. But what kind of an impact are they making for entrepreneurs? Today I had the chance to visit with Bill Aulet, managing director for the Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship at MIT. Aulet is a consummate entrepreneur—as someone “closing in on 60” he’s raised more than $100 million in funding for the various companies he has founded and run. And he’s authored a book, Disciplined Entrepreneurship. But for the past five years, the endeavor that has most fully captured Aulet’s passion is cultivating and teaching other entrepreneurs through edX, the online learning initiative from Harvard and MIT.
“MOOCs are either the future of higher education or the vehicle to its demise,” PBS reporter Gwen Ifill, in the video series “Rethinking College”
MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) are great for students, good for executives, provide education certificates, and most importantly, they are free. But what kind of an impact are they making for entrepreneurs? Today I had the chance to visit with Bill Aulet, managing director for the Martin Trust Center for Entrepreneurship at MIT. Aulet is a consummate entrepreneur—as someone “closing in on 60” he’s raised more than $100 million in funding for the various companies he has founded and run. And he’s authored a book, Disciplined Entrepreneurship. But for the past five years, the endeavor that has most fully captured Aulet’s passion is cultivating and teaching other entrepreneurs through edX, the online learning initiative from Harvard and MIT.
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