As part of Udacity’s ongoing restructuring plan, the company is doubling the price of its Nanodegrees and relaunching one-on-one mentorships and career coaching.
Thrun is trying to steer Udacity back on track to profitability by focusing, among others, on cutting costs, improving student support, and speeding up Nanodegree production.
Looking at published data about the cost, time, effort required to complete these different microcredentials, one thing is clear: there is very little standardization among microcredentials.