Education

Learning from your idols?

From EdSurge: MasterClass, a San Francisco-based startup that offers live and pre-recorded lessons from celebrity experts about their craft has just raised $100 million in investment. The company makes no guarantee that your shoddy backhand will improve after taking a course led by tennis sensation Serena Williams, or that you’ll make palatable risotto after watching Wolfgang Puck. Or that you’ll suddenly write rhymes like Usher. After all, the courses are just as much entertainment as education?

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