Coursera's Bet On The Upskilling Of American Workers - Michael Bernick, Forbes

The ominous “future of work” continues to dominate headlines this year. We are told to prepare for the technological change that is rendering many current skills and job duties obsolete. To help us prepare, an industry of workforce degrees, certifications, badges and other training is rapidly expanding. Our public education institutions--universities, community colleges, adult education schools—are developing workforce certificates, and “stackable” workforce certificates, to add to their degree programs. Over the past year, they have been joined in upskilling products by the online training giants, the Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), including Udacity, Udemy, and most of all Coursera. https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelbernick/2018/02/21/courseras-bet-on-the-upskilling-of-american-workers/