As the global economy continues to shift, there’s an increased demand for services in higher education. This fact, coupled with the rise of technology, is bringing many of these options online.
These services are only being spurred on by the more than one billion people who have joined the middle class in the last decade. In fact, in the next eight years, 150 million people will seek higher education. Additionally, funding for education startups has tripled in the last decade, going from $146 million in 2002 to $429 million in 2011.
This leaves entrepreneurs with the opportunity to create exciting new ways for individuals to learn online. Here are some of the startups that are shaping the online education trend.
This post was last modified on July 31, 2013 12:10 am