Gregor Kiczales discusses edX’s recent announcement that they will offer professional education fee-based courses targeted at “professionals in every industry who need to stay up to speed on the latest developments in their fields.” Kiczales notes that “the idea to target professional education has been part of the UBC Flexible Learning Strategy for many months, so I assume edX have been working on it for some time as well.” He concludes that “many schools are recognizing what edX already knows, blended learning is an opportunity to teach much much better. But not cheaper, at least not anytime soon. UBC’s strategy for securing those resources is to seek additional revenue in part from professional education, and other schools are clearly thinking along similar lines. This new edX initiative is a real opportunity for schools that can move quickly to lock down some parts of the space.
https://flexible.learning.ubc.ca/digital-learning-blog/edx-and-professional-education/