Talent Neuron Research discusses about how Udacity is expanding by providing Masters Degree in Computer Science online

1. Executive Talent Movement – MOOC Growth Drives
Udacity To Strengthen Its Product Engineering
Team
Udacity, an online education startup which provides massive open
online course (MOOC) recently began offering master’s degree in
computer science in partnership with Georgia Institute of
Technology College of Computing. The company is also creating a
sponsored curriculum for training employees. To bolster its
product offerings, Udacity has hired three senior executives since
June 2013.
The company has hired Mr. Nitin Sharma as VP of engineering
and data science, Mr. Brent Tworetzky as VP of product
management and Mr. Vish Makhijani as COO. Mr. Sharma was
the VP, Data Science at Groupon and was responsible for
strategic and operational decisions. Mr. Tworetzky was an
entrepreneur in residence at Shasta Ventures, early stage venture
firm in Silicon Valley. In June, Udacity hired Mr. Vish Makhijani,
who was the Board Member, Advisor and Angel Investor at
startups such as Twurler, Squla and Pepperdata. Mr. Makhijani
was also the SVP and COO of Zynga.
Launched in 2012, Udacity currently has more than 400,000 users
signed up for its 28 online programs such as web development,
game development, mobile web development and software
testing. The company has partnered with universities such as
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2. Georgia Institute of Technology, San Jose State University and
University of Alberta. Over 400 companies such as Google,
Amazon, Facebook, Bank of America and Bump Technologies
have partnered with Udacity for internship and placement
programs.
Talent Neuron research indicates that about 35 percent (about 7
million students) of the total higher education enrollment opted for
at least one online course in US.