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Coursera’s Monetization Journey: From Zero to IPO

Coursera used to be completely free. Now they make $400+ million a year. Here is how they did it.

Dhawal Shah Nov 16th, 2021

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MOOCs are Back — Even Though They Never Left

Coursera expected to comfortably cross $200 million in revenues in 2020, Udacity almost ran out of money in 2018, and other tidbits from recent media coverage of MOOCs.

Dhawal Shah Jun 2nd, 2020

Coursera Plus: Cousera’s Second Attempt at a Catalog Subscription

Coursera is testing an annual subscription that gives access to most of its catalog.

Dhawal Shah Dec 16th, 2019

Udacity Doubles Prices, Relaunches 1-on-1 Mentorships & Career Coaching

As part of Udacity’s ongoing restructuring plan, the company is doubling the price of its Nanodegrees and relaunching one-on-one mentorships and career coaching.

Manoel Cortes Mendez May 12th, 2019

Coursera and FutureLearn Raise Big Rounds from the Same Investor

Coursera has raised a Series E round of $103M, while FutureLearn has raised £50M.

Dhawal Shah May 2nd, 2019

Udacity Lays Off 20% of Staff, Continues Transformation

Under new leadership, Udacity continues its restructuring with a third round of layoffs, a reorganized operating structure, and new Nanodegrees.

Manoel Cortes Mendez Apr 13th, 2019

FutureLearn’s Unlimited: One Price for the Entire Catalog

For an introductory price of $199, you can get access to an entire catalog for a year.

Dhawal Shah Mar 12th, 2019

Under Thrun, Udacity Revamps its Strategy

Thrun is trying to steer Udacity back on track to profitability by focusing, among others, on cutting costs, improving student support, and speeding up Nanodegree production.

Manoel Cortes Mendez Feb 28th, 2019

Why Does a Private Company Develop and Offer MOOCs?

Adena Schutzberg explains why Esri has developed and offered massive open online courses (MOOCs) for the last four years.

Adena Schutzberg Feb 10th, 2019

Year of MOOC-based Degrees: A Review of MOOC Stats and Trends in 2018

In 2018, MOOC providers focused on big-ticket items: corporate training and online degrees. This means in 2018 the consumer product remained relatively unchanged from a user experience and monetization perspective.

Dhawal Shah Jan 6th, 2019

EdX Puts Up A Paywall for Graded Assignments

Graded assignments will be behind a paywall. After the course ends free users won’t be able to access the course content.

Dhawal Shah Dec 17th, 2018

Udacity Restructuring Leads to Massive Layoffs

As part of its restructuring effort, Udacity plans to layoff 125 employees.

Dhawal Shah Nov 29th, 2018

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Coursera’s Monetization Journey: From Zero to IPO

MOOCs are Back — Even Though They Never Left

Coursera Plus: Cousera’s Second Attempt at a Catalog Subscription

Udacity Doubles Prices, Relaunches 1-on-1 Mentorships & Career Coaching

Coursera and FutureLearn Raise Big Rounds from the Same Investor

Udacity Lays Off 20% of Staff, Continues Transformation

FutureLearn’s Unlimited: One Price for the Entire Catalog

Under Thrun, Udacity Revamps its Strategy

Why Does a Private Company Develop and Offer MOOCs?

Year of MOOC-based Degrees: A Review of MOOC Stats and Trends in 2018

EdX Puts Up A Paywall for Graded Assignments

Udacity Restructuring Leads to Massive Layoffs

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