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Lack of money and job instability are no longer reasons for someone to stop studying, miss out on the best opportunities to get a job and evolve in their career. This is the conclusion that many Brazilians are reaching when researching online course options at affordable prices that upgrade the curriculum and prepare professionals from all areas for the new demands of the market.

Proof of this is the Udemy online course platform, which has 40 million students worldwide and offers more than 130,000 courses. “Brazil is among the 5 largest markets in the world for Udemy, which is why we opened an office here a year and a half ago”, says Gabriela Ermini, head of marketing for the company in Brazil. “Before online courses, studying was expensive and difficult for our students to access,” she says.

For Gabriela, learning through an online course platform is a way to stay competitive and up-to-date in the market, optimize time and never stop growing professionally. Below are some reasons for you to leave excuses aside and start investing in your development right now.

What are the main benefits of online courses?

1. Affordable price

Price, without a doubt, is a relevant differential in online education. While a face-to-face course is expensive and still involves expenses with transportation, registration, material and food, the online course is much more affordable and does not generate indirect expenses. “You pay less than R$50 reais once and have lifetime access to learn whatever you want, whenever you want,” explains Gabriela.

2. Updated content

As the online platform is dynamic, instructors are able to publish new content for you to learn at the moment when this knowledge begins to be demanded by companies. This agility earns many points in relation to traditional educational institutions, for example, which struggle to keep up with the rapid transformation of the labor market . “Three days after the launch of the new version of Android, surely some instructor will make content about it available on Udemy,” she says. "It is very fast."

3. Courses from leading experts on the subject

This is another advantage of a marketplace like Udemy: the top experts in each subject can create their own courses and make them available on the platform quickly and easily. To guarantee the quality of the contents, the students watch the courses and evaluate them. In this way, there is a selection and highlight of the best content.

4. Study anywhere (including offline)

To take an online course you don't necessarily need to be online all the time. The Udemy app, for example, allows you to download content and study without internet on your cell phone from anywhere. The subway car can become a classroom, the company cafeteria too.

5. Use of time

This ease of studying from anywhere, at your pace, allows you to take advantage of any free time to learn, including those hours waiting for an appointment or a job interview, you know?

6. Issue of certificate

At the end of the online course, you receive a certificate that you can use to get a job or a promotion. “It is no longer a taboo for the job market”, says Gabriela about online teaching platforms. “Companies have learned to value these courses in the same way that they value face-to-face ones”, she explains.

7. You are not left behind

Remember those 40 million people learning through the course platform? Imagine that some of them can compete with you for the job you want so badly. What were the last courses you took? What technical skills have you developed? Studying online can help you become what the job market calls a life long learner – or, in free translation, someone who learns for life. This profile is increasingly essential for companies and, of course, is also increasingly valued by them.