Anant Agarwal, the longtime leader of edX, saw his MIT online course about circuits go viral a decade ago. He says his focus is on educational opportunity, not profits. Nearly 10 years later, Coursera ...

How can a nonprofit organization that gives away courses bring in enough revenue to at least cover its costs? That’s the dilemma facing edX, a project led by Harvard University and the Massachusetts ...

When MIT and Harvard University started edX nearly a decade ago, it was touted as a nonprofit alternative to for-profit online course providers. Today, the universities announced that they are selling ...

Online courses can be helpful tools, whether you want to pick up a certification for your job or résumé, or just learn something new. EdX offers some of our favorite options from top companies and ...

edX, the global online learning platform from 2U, Inc. is launching a Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence MicroBootCamp program in partnership with 12 American universities. The online ...

2U and edX, major players in slightly different corners of the online learning market, announced Tuesday that they would join forces. The merger of 2U, a publicly traded online program management ...

When Harvard and MIT last year sold edX, the online course provider they jointly launched in 2012, the University’s top administrators said the change of hands would ensure the sustainability of the ...

Months after Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology stunned the education-technology world by announcing they would sell the nonprofit online platform they created to a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover education as a sector and as the bedrock of all sectors. Each school has committed $30 million to support edX. A yet ...

2U, a SaaS platform that helps nonprofits and colleges run online universities, plans to acquire all the assets of Harvard and MIT-founded edX for a deal north of $600 million, according to multiple ...

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