The premier institution becomes the first of the Ivy Leagues to launch a course based on the metaverse. Wharton School is the first of the elite group of universities known as the Ivy League to introduce a course on emerging metaverse technology. Previously, they have offered free massive open online courses (MOOCs) through Coursera on crypto and blockchain and a formal fees-based online course on “Economics of Blockchain and Digital Assets”. The university appears optimistic about the future of the metaverse, projecting that it will be a $13 trillion market with five billion users by 2030.
