At $2,000 per failed course, that’s nearly $500 million in losses for students each year. How can that failure rate be cut in half? The professor suggests investing nearly $100 million into classroom alternatives like online learning. That’s the idea behind Outlier.org, an online education platform created and led by Aaron Rasmussen, the co-founder of MasterClass, a streaming platform where anyone can learn from the world’s authority on a variety of topics. In light of Outlier’s $30-million Series B round led by venture capital firm GV, Benzinga spoke with CEO and founder Rasmussen on motivations, recent developments and future plans.