230: How to Get an MBA Education (and more!) for Under $1,000 with Laurie Pickard

No-Pay MBA guru Laurie Pickard explains Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) and reveals precisely how to get quality education for under $1,000. You’ll Learn: 1) All about MOOCs! What they are, where to find them, and how to pick the winners 2) How to use Loss Aversion to avoid quitting online courses 3) How to build a prestigious network without going to a prestigious university About Laurie When some of the most prestigious business schools in the world began providing free versions of their courses online, Laurie Pickard saw an opportunity to get the business education she had long desired, at a fraction of the typical MBA price tag. Her “No-Pay MBA” project ( NoPayMBA.com ) has appeared in the Financial Times, Poets & Quants, Fortune, Entrepreneur, CNN/Money, and the Wall Street Journal. Don’t Pay For Your MBA is her first book. Items Mentioned in this Show: Sponsor: Linkedin Learning, featuring Lynda.com courses . Sponsor: findcourses.com . Find and compare the best online courses to fit your learning needs! Laurie’s Website: NoPayMBA.com Laurie’s Book: Don’t Pay for Your MBA Book: Reinventing Organizations by Frederic Laloux Coursera Course: Learning How to Learn by Barbara Oakley Online Course: Coursera.org Online Course: edX.org Online Course: iTunes U Online Course: LinkedIn Learning Online Course: Lynda.com Online Course Search Engine: Class Central Personality: George Siemens Podcast Episode: 146: Accessing Your Brain’s Hidden Potential with Dr. Barbara Oakley View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep230 . See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .