Β #OnlineCourses #MLM #KnowledgeIndustry #Scams
π€ Ever feel like the online course business is starting to resemble an MLM scheme? π€·ββοΈ Let’s talk about it!
Here are some thoughts and questions to consider:
– Do you think all online courses are just a way for people to get rich quick?
– Are there genuine experts out there who offer valuable knowledge and skills?
– How can we separate the snake oil salesmen from the authentic teachers in this industry?
I believe that the key to finding legitimate online courses is to look for:
– Transparent course content and objectives
– Credible reviews and testimonials
– Clear communication from the course creator
What are your thoughts? Let’s discuss! π¬ #KnowledgeIsPower #EducateYourself
People work really hard at not working.
I agree with you, I’m an autodidact but these courses target novices who don’t know any better. Because good info for beginners is FREE online obviously. And for the rest, there’s books ($20 a pop)
Some courses are amazing. Others are terrible. Most are somewhere in the middle.
I also think many courses suffer from a βonce you learn it, it seems obviousβ effect. The knowledge decreases in value drastically once you actually have the knowledge.
I also donβt think most courses are designed as MLM schemes, but yeah, some definitely are.
I think what happens is that people start from scratch to learn how to create an online program. They donβt really know what theyβre going to teach because this is all new to them. And then by the time they learn it, thatβs the newest and freshest skill that they know, so they just default to trying to teach that while often lying about their history of success.
Thereβs a difference between get rich quick classes and classes geared more towards continuing education similar to a college environment. The later are typically made by subject matter experts with a legitimate education/experience in creating education content.
Man, there are courses that I pais 1k (brazil, real, like $200 usd), which taught me more than 5 years of university.
If we are talking about scam, we should start with colleges.
It comes down to lack of quality control and price- I have personally taken some very valuable courses that taught me how to build my own web apps using React from the ground up. But some people charge a lot more for a lot less. Sometimes itβs like buying a double spaced book with big font and not very many pages of mostly repetitive content.
I was talking about this with my friend last week. Unfortunately, with the advent of Internet and ChatGPT-alike apps, everyone these days are some sort of experts in something. They read two books and they think they already know more than 80% of the society. I’m fine with them wanting to more from life and get rich, but my disdain to online gurus is that, the actual golden content is overwhelmed by people who grasped the marketing game better.