Trends in Online Learning for Professionals and Entrepreneurs in the Business Sector

Delgado-Saavedra I.G.; Huamanchahua D.; Acosta-Ticse D.L.; Escobar-Baquerizo S.; Valcarcel-Castillo H. · CEUR Workshop Proceedings (2023)

Resumen

Online education became much more popular and accepted after the world went through the COVID-19 pandemic, which is one of the main drivers for a specific part of the population to opt for continuing education through various means of online learning. The present article seeks to identify the development of online education for professionals and entrepreneurs in the business sector. For the elaboration of the present paper, a mixed approach has been developed with a descriptive research degree, under an observational study, and with cross-sectional and longitudinal research design. It was identified that several factors stimulate the professional and entrepreneurial population to access a virtual course. The main ones are price, the recommendation of people close to or influential in the decision-making process, and advertising of the classes. The primary Spanish-speaking learning environments or digital platforms are Coursera, Crehana, Platzi, and others. Similarly, the author identified that virtual education has come to stay as an innovative education system, so different studies that affirm the results presented are discussed and evidenced.

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas; Universidad San Ignacio de Loyola; Universidad Continental; Universidad de Ingeniería y Tecnología