We are witnessing the remaking of higher education. Strategies for mainstream colleges and universities must change from the short term to the long term as large-scale collaboratives and huge corporations enter the field. Now, competition from massive course providers such as Coursera, edX, FutureLearn, Udacity, Swayam, Google, Amazon, Microsoft, IBM, LinkedIn and scores of others are surging at the same time enrollments at colleges and universities are stagnating or declining. As many businesses have learned, it is a serious mistake to underestimate Google and Amazon. Now that they are in the mix, it would appear the sky is the limit for nontraditional vendors of education.
