Coursera, edX, Udacity Grew Their Businesses By Over 20% in 2018
December 23, 2018

Top MOOC platforms significantly increased their revenues in 2018, after adding new paid models and experiencing an increase in users.
According to Forbes, Coursera’s revenuefor 2018 is $140, up from $100 million in 2017.  Udacity’s revenue will grow by 25 % to $90 million, and edX will be at around $60 million — a smaller increase.
In terms of users, Coursera leads with 37 million, followed by edX (18 million), XuetangX (14 million), Udacity (10 million) and FutureLearn (8.7 million).
Class-Central estimated that 900 universities launched 2000 new courses to the list this year. [See the graphic above] The total number of online degreesis 47, up from around 15 in 2017.
One of the most successful cases has been Coursera for Business, which grew300% and increased its portfolio to over 1,500 customers globally.
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