YouTube will let creators offer paid video courses next year

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3 pointsmikece3 comments

I'm thinking... Youtube will be direct concurrent of Udemy, Coursera, Khanacademy but...

Imagine Youtube to be a direct concurrent of public/academic school where child will learn every knowledge cheaply, keep history of student level & knowledge, propose paid public certification and generate LinkedIn like profile of popular world student to sell to big company...

It can disrupt so much stuff

I worry it could become an ocean of crappy, low-info courses. The judged quality of a course is going to be entirely a measure of creator reputation and word of mouth.

Been nice knowing you, Udemy...

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