Has MOOC lived up to its expectations?

Taking a cue from the popular adage, ‘There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch’, companies that used to offer free education online are looking at alternative ways to keep going. Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs), gained popularity globally and in India over half a decade back for professionals and students, especially in engineering and technology, who found it difficult to upgrade their skills in the ever changing and disruptive world of technology.

However, since then many of the MOOC platforms have either scaled down, changed their business model or shut shop. So what changed?