INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
French startup OpenClassrooms is raising $60 million from General Atlantic, with existing investors Citizen Capital, Alven and Bpifrance
also participating.OpenClassrooms is the most popular massive open online course platform in France
But the startup has evolved beyond on-demand courses to provide full-fledged degrees
You can now get a degree certified by the French state by studying full time on OpenClassrooms.Every month, 3 million users access
Many of them just want to learn something and maybe get a certification
But more and more people are following one of the 30 bachelor and master degrees
big pile of courses to study
For instance, if you want to work on the side and live in a cheap city, you can do that as you just need a computer and an internet
As OpenClassrooms students easily find a job after getting a degree, the startup started working with companies directly.IT service company
Dubuc told me.Many will focus on digital skills, such as data science, computer science and cybersecurity
But there will also be non-technical degrees around HR, management, accounting, marketing and communication
OpenClassrooms could end up becoming one of the biggest universities in the world.
