Are Online Courses Doomed in 2020?

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Is 2020 and beyond going to be a good time to be an online course creator? Is it now a particularly good time or a particularly bad time to start an online course business?

The answer is... not quite that simple. There are a lot of changes happening in the online education space and for course creators, some of it is good news, some of it is bad news. In this video, we look at the 6 things you must know, to survive and thrive with online courses in the coming years:

- 00:54 - Is this a growing market or a shrinking market?
- 02:16 - The normalization of paying for online education.
- 02:56 - Online courses are easier to create than ever before.
- 03:52 - How competition & price pressure are changing the market.
- 05:14 - The problem of monopolies in online markets.
- 07:08 - The one thing course creators MUST do to succeed in the future.

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And check out this video to learn a lean approach to successfully launching an online course: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WJ6v7F9MGg