WHY PAID COURSES IN LEARNING MATTER?

NEW-AGE LEARNING

This is the age of freely available content on any subject, in written as well as in audio-visual format at your fingertips. So the question that arises is – can free content on internet fulfill our learning objectives? Or in other words, are paid courses not required anymore?

The answer is an emphatic ‘no’. Let’s analyze why there is nothing called ‘free lunch’ when it comes to learning.

OLD-STYLE STUDY

Gone are the pre-internet days when knowledge on any subject used to be the sole preserve of books, teachers and subject matter experts.

In the absence of internet, if you had wished to pick up a new skill or learn any subject, your first priority was to go to a book selling hub and look for a suitable publication that had enough and well-presented information on that discipline. As one delves more into the theme, he would look for multiple titles of different authors to get a deeper toehold.

But learning was not easy since topics in books were often incomprehensible that required a simpler explanation. Thus, along with books you would have searched for a good tutor who would teach you and also be your guide and mentor. And if the learner was not lucky enough to find a well versed and sincere trainer, one might have struggled to progress, and in many a case discontinued studies.

LIMITATIONS OF FREE CONTENT

No doubt, free content is an excellent source to get a broader understanding and awareness of the subject, for acquiring inquisitiveness or delving deeper into the theme before starting a formal study. A wide array of such learning materials surely expands our horizons, and hence must be gone through. But free content on internet can never replace paid courses for mastering any subject. Let us explore why.

WITHHOLDING INFORMATION

We have to understand that every content creator with free courses on the web is there not for the sake of learners but to build their own publicity and brand. They are here for prospective students to know them and enroll for their paid tutorials. This in essence is content marketing. Thus, they will not share exhaustive information or critical aspects of the subject matter, which makes your learning partial.

CONFUSING CONTENT

Not just they don’t share much of the information, the lack of structured content or an abrupt piece in free courses creates confusion and hurdles in students’ minds, who just keep surfing different web sources and thereby waste a lot of precious time.

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Another great disadvantage is its self-learning mode with nobody to clarify doubts that arise at different levels. As students get stuck during study but nobody to clear those problems, they end up wasting a lot of time surfing the web and looking for the elusive answer without much progress.

MENTOR IS ESSENTIAL

A mentor or a guide is essential to master any subject, not just to widen the horizon of students and show them a new direction but more importantly to clarify doubts that arise from time to time.

In the present online education, the role of the teacher too has changed from an instructor to mentor, one who moulds students for acquiring vision, while sharing his vast knowledge with learners.

A paid course has a teacher, where learning is in a structured manner, and the tutor is always ready to help when one gets stuck make a huge lot of difference.

FINAL CHOICE

Real and in-depth knowledge are shared only when you enroll for paid courses. After all, they are here to earn money by selling their knowledge. Even if with extreme toiling one is able to master a subject through a host of free courses, time saving is about two-thirds to three-fourths in a paid course. This time is more valuable than the money outgo.

So, a paid course is worth the money it costs, and definitely has greater advantages over a free study on any subject through internet. Thus, a ‘free lunch’ model in learning is not to be a knowledge seeker’s chosen path!