We’re happy to announce that you can already start your educational journey with BitDegree. Take advantage of 100+ free online courses on the BitDegree website (click here). Happy learning to everyone!

This is only the beginning, a great one. The platform is in its beta version, and the courses we have placed there is a selection that we made after reaching out to over 200 course creators. Now, we need to get user feedback and data on their behavior so that we can re-evaluate and, re-imagine the world-class courses and user learning experience. We need your help to achieve this — give your feedback!

1. Why Did We Set Our Goal to Launch 100 Courses in 3 Months?

We choose to do things not because they are easy but because they are hard. A year ago, when we made plans, the goal to obtain 100 courses was big enough to motivate us. However, at the beginning of this year, the promise of 100 courses and the beta version of the platform felt a bit uncomfortable. That was precisely the goal.

The team has done a tremendous job of navigating through the entire online learning landscape. Understanding the differences between various course formats, gaining insight on who and why make online courses. Getting feedback from the course authors about course design and their experience with other online learning platforms have given us much insight into the industry. We are now releasing over 100 great courses, the ones that are universally liked on other online education platforms. We are doing this as a learning exercise for us. Therefore, everything is for free for our users initially.

There is no such thing as the best online courses. There are only courses that users like and use. Let us find out what is a great course together! That’s why we are launching a variety of courses to choose from. Our team has surpassed its stretch goal, delivering over 100 courses. Adding even more courses on top of this number won’t have such a significant impact for now. We have plenty of material to get data and derive insights. What matters is finding the right course subjects, course design and business model for the BitDegree platform. This is our next focus.

2. What Will We do to Make Online Courses Great Again?

Creating all of the BitDegree courses ourselves was never our goal. We want to move to the marketplace model, where independent course authors can earn income on BitDegree as soon as it is possible. But at first, we need to define the rules of the game on the BitDegree platform, and therefore we have to lead the way ourselves.

Three channels of course acquisition:

1. We will work with the independent course authors to place their existing courses on the BitDegree platform. 2. We will do partnerships with reputable organizations and course authors to jointly create courses for the BitDegree platform, the BitDegree way. 3. We will be experimenting with the course design ourselves, creating courses by BitDegree in-house.

This will enable us to create the blueprint for course design that is unique to BitDegree. Then, we can reach out to a broader community of course creators and ask them to follow the BitDegree course blueprint.

3. What’s Next For The BitDegree Online Education Platform?

BitDegree is still in the early stage of experimentation and building. We need to create our unique identity in the education space not only because we are targeting the crypto community and utilize the token incentives, but also because we build the world’s most exceptional educational environment for digital and blockchain skills. We will do the following:

We will gather data on the user behavior on our platform as they engage with the courses.

on the user behavior on our platform as they engage with the courses. We will be experimenting with the course design to come up with a unique blueprint for the BitDegree platform.

with the course design to come up with a unique blueprint for the BitDegree platform. We will be working on upgrading the BitDegree platform with a focus to attach the BDG token as soon as we can. This will require solving a myriad of other challenges, such as: creating user identity, modularizing courses, creating verification and anti-cheat mechanism, etc.

with a focus to attach the BDG token as soon as we can. This will require solving a myriad of other challenges, such as: creating user identity, modularizing courses, creating verification and anti-cheat mechanism, etc. We will be working on the business cases for the BitDegree platform, piloting its applications and checking the viability of the revenue streams.

This is what it is on our minds right now. However, if we will find a better course of action as we go — we will let you know!

4. Connect With BitDegree, Voice Your Opinion!

We kindly invite you to join the discussion on the BitDegree subreddit! Please let us know what you think.

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