answer:Getting an education and know what and how to do something, and having proof that you are qualified to do something are two different things. For better or worse, that is the reality of how things work. If you are a neurosurgeon and plan to open up my skull and cut into my brain I sure as hell want proof: credentials, degrees, documents, all that stuff, if you want to do that. I also want to know that I, and my family and friends are driving over bridges that were designed by qualified, certified, credentialed structural engineers. If you want to learn how to do something and then do it, fine. But some of us want to know, when it comes to certain things, that you are qualified and have a certain level of expertise before we let you cut open our brains, for example. Whatever “the future of education” might be, there has to be a way of certifying and judging and determining whether or not people are competent and knowledgeable and qualified in one field or another; at least in the fields where it really matters.