Simon Nelson, Original CEO of FutureLearn, Leaves His Company
August 1, 2020
IBL News | New York
FutureLearn, the fourth largest MOOC platform (after Coursera, edX, and Udacity), started its search for a new CEO to replace Simon Nelson, who announced this month his resignation, effective at the end of 2020.
The departure of Simon NelsonâCEO since FutureLearnâs initiation by the UK Open University in 2012â takes place a year after the Australian Seek Group acquired 50% of Future Learn educational portal for $64.6 million (ÂŁ50 million).
Simon Nelson and the proprietorsâSeek Group and Open Universityâdidn’t provide further details of what motivated the resignation.
âIâve decided now is the right time to move on from FutureLearn after eight years building the company, from the kernel of an idea to a world-leading online learning platform, with over 13m registered learners, partnerships with many of the worldâs leading educational institutions, companies and governments and a ÂŁ100m valuation in 2019,â stated Nelson.
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