Udacity is addressing the skills shortage in the US through courses on very specific skills that it calls "nanondegrees". The certified training focuses on areas lacking skilled workers, such as front-end web developing and machine learning, to be completed in a few years ago and costing less than $1,000. Udacity’s nanodegree programme is quickly growing in the United States, Europe, and Asia and currently has around 4 million enrolled students. The biggest challenge for the online education platform is convincing employers of the worthiness of nanodegree accreditation, with many tech companies having embraced the qualification, while uptake in more traditional fields has been slower.
Udacity is addressing the skills shortage in the US through courses on very specific skills that it calls "nanondegrees". The certified training focuses on areas lacking skilled workers, such as front-end web developing and machine learning, to be completed in under a year and costing less than $1,000. Udacity’s nanodegree programme is quickly growing in the United States, Europe, and Asia and currently has around 4 million enrolled students. The biggest challenge for the online education platform is convincing employers of the worthiness of nanodegree accreditation, with many tech companies having embraced the qualification, while uptake in more traditional fields has been slower.