Overseas learning platforms focus on professional courses
US-based edtech unicorns Udemy, Coursera and Udacity expect India to be one of their largest markets outside their home turf after a huge surge in online learning due to the pandemic.
While many of India’s homegrown online edtech firms are school curriculum-oriented, overseas learning platforms focus more on professional courses and soft skills programmes.
San Francisco-based Udemy saw a boost in subscriptions as more people opted for online learning to upskill or reskill themselves in recent months. It also witnessed demand from its consumer-faced marketplace and corporate learning service ‘Udemy for Business’.
“India has consistently been one of the top markets for Udemy, and our India operations have always been a priority. We have seen a huge rate of growth in online learning in India during covid,” said Irwin Anand, managing director, Udemy.
Source: livemint