OpenLearning
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Type of site | Proprietary Limited Company Online education |
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| Headquarters | Sydney, Australia |
| Founder(s) |
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| URL | openlearning |
| Commercial | Yes |
| Registration | Required |
| Users | 211,417 (June 2015)[1] |
| Launched | 12 March 2013 |
| Current status | Active |
OpenLearning is a for-profit educational technology company offering a social online learning platform that can deliver massive open online courses (MOOCs). OpenLearning was founded in Australia by Theo Julienne and computer science professor Richard Buckland from the University of New South Wales.[2]
OpenLearning has worked with the University of New South Wales and Taylor's University to deliver the first MOOCs in Australia and Malaysia respectively.[3]
In December 2013, OpenLearning launched a cloud based software product for companies to create private educational portals on its platform.[4]
In February 2015, OpenLearning raised $1.7 million in funding led by angel investor Clive Mayhew. ASX-listed ICS Global, Robin and Susan Yandle, and Hideaki Fukutake, the director of Japanese education company Benesse Holdings.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "OpenLearning". OpenLearning. 2015-06-22. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
- ^ Hammond, Michelle. "Sydney start-up OpenLearning to go up against Coursera". Startup Smart. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
- ^ Al-Atabi, Mushtak. "Entrepreneurship: The First MOOC in Malaysia" (PDF). MIT.edu. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ Dodd, Tim. "OpenLearning eyes corporate training". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ^ Fitzsimmons, Caitlin (5 February 2015). "Angel investor Clive Mayhew leads $1.7m round in OpenLearning". BRW. Fairfax Media Publications. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
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