MOOCs solution to an automation crisis in labor market

1. MOOC
Achraf Benlemkaddem

2. INTRODUCTION

3. A dilemma

4. 4 NEWS

5. AI’s impact on the labor market

6. AI’s impact on the labor market
• AI will kill most of the Low-Skill jobs in the short to
medium term
• AI will create new jobs (High-Skill jobs)

7. How ready is the world?

8. How ready is the world?
• Most of the population depends on those Low-Skill jobs
• There are not enough people to fill the eventual High-Skill
jobs that AI will create

9. THERE IS A HOPE!
MOOCs

10. What are MOOCs?
• Massive Open Online Course
• An online video of a college lecture.

11. Examples
• edX (MIT)
• Coursera (Andrew Ng; Daphne Koller / Stanfard)
• Udcity
• Udemy

12. PROS & CONS

13. Pros
• Free/Cheap
• Democratic
• Scalable
• Drive competition
• Attention-span
• Dynamic archive
• Flexible (at your pace)
• Make the most of classroom time.
• Business Opportunity

14. Cons
• Tough challenge for teachers
• Human interaction
• High drop out rate
• Existential threat to traditional universities

15. CONCLUSION

16. Conclusion
• Traditional Universities will likely continue to exist for
several decades
• They will eventually have to adapt
• With the right combination MOOCs along with traditional
educational institutions could achieve an educational
revolution

17. QUESTIONS?

18. Bibliography
• https://www.thoughtco.com/the-pros-and-cons-of-moocs-
31030
• https://blog.euromonitor.com/2014/08/population-with-
higher-education-which-countries-have-the-highest-
rates.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massive_open_online_course