edX.org Reaches 10 Million Learners

The edX.org portal has reached the milestone of 10 million users. "We want to say a huge thank you for joining us in our mission to increase access to high-quality education," said CEO Anant Agarwal. Since edX was created in 2012, this educational platform has attracted 36 million enrollments, who tackled 119 million problem sets and watched 230 million videos. Here are 5 courses out of the hundreds that changed the lives of people just like you. Start learning today.

A Course from Penn to Discuss Top Social Issues Facing President Trump

Harvard Launches a Free Online Course on Principles of Architecture

MITx Will Launch 50 MOOCs on EdX.org this Spring

Coursera, edX and Udacity Made Around $100 Million in 2016

Since the first massive course was offered by Stanford professors in late 2011, MOOC providers have raised over $400 million in capital and now employ more than a thousand staff. The “Big Three” MOOC providers — Coursera, Udacity, edX—combined potentially made around $100 million in revenues in 2016, according to the same source. Major trends as of 2016: Many MOOCs are incorporating smaller cohorts to allow students to learn at their own pace. College credit, credentials and degrees are the bet among MOOC providers in order to generate revenues. Regional MOOC providers that offer courses in languages other than English are expanding. Notorious examples are XuetangX (China), MiriadaX (Latin America and Spain), France Universite Numerique, Edraak (Middle East and North Africa), Swayam (India) and EduOpen (Italy). More paid-only courses (mostly on the "professional education" category), a decrease of standalone courses and an increase of business-to- business oriented courses. These are the top five providers: Coursera – 23 million learners and 1,700 active courses edX – 10 million learners and 1300 courses XuetangX – 6 million learners and 1000 courses FutureLearn – 5.3 million and 480 courses Udacity – 4 million

EdX.org Reaches 33.7 Million Course Enrollments, With 9.9M Active Learners

The edX.org educational portal celebrated its fourth anniversary in 2016 by adding over 500 courses and launching 19 MicroMasters programs from 14 international universities. Four million new learners enrolled in the edX courses throughout 2016.  

ETS Launches Its Third Round of the TOELF Course – Students Say Content is "Poor and Inadequate"

Microsoft Launches Training Courses on Azure through its New Open edX Platform

Infographic: How EMC Uses Open edX

An Australian University Raises its Profile in China by Partnering with XuetangX

The University of Queensland (UQ), a prominent edX university, has partnered with the giant Chinese Open edX platform XuetangX to offer five MOOCs in Chinese. These courses have attracted more than 65,000 learners. UQ's popular The Science of Everyday Thinking had more than 50,000 registered users.

Lorena Barba, Author of the Numerical Methods MOOC, Awarded in Berkeley For Her Work on Open Science

Professor at George Washington University and creator of the lauded Open edX MOOC Numerical Methods Lorena Barba, has been awarded with one of ten 2016 Berkeley's Learner-Rosenthal Prizes for Open Social Science. Dr. Barba, a leading advocate of the Open edX technology, received the award for "her work developing and delivering curriculum focused on transparency in science and education, as well as for her clear dedication to and advocacy of open science and reproducibility." • Winners of the 2016 Leamer-Rosenthal Prizes for Open Social Science  

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