Coursera
Coursera is the world's largest MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) platform by enrolled learners, founded in 2012 by Stanford University CS professors Andrew Ng (formerly of Google …
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Comprehensive directory of Massive Open Online Course providers spanning flagship global platforms (Coursera, edX, Udemy, Khan Academy, MIT OCW), India-market leaders (SWAYAM, NPTEL, Unacademy, Physics Wallah), coding bootcamps (freeCodeCamp, Codecademy, DeepLearning.AI), language learning (Duolingo, Babbel, italki), K-12 education (BYJU'S, Khan Academy Kids, Outschool), business schools online (Harvard, Wharton, INSEAD, LBS), design-focused (Interaction Design Foundation, CalArts, Domestika), medical education (Stanford Medicine, AMA Ed Hub, UpToDate), and regional platforms (Edraak for Arabic, XuetangX for Chinese, FUN MOOC for French, atingi for Africa). Each entry carries founding year, learner count, partner institutions, pricing model, acquisition history.
Flagship Global Platforms 7 entries
Khan Academy
Khan Academy is the foundational non-profit K-12-and-undergraduate education platform, founded in 2008 by Salman Khan (former hedge-fund analyst with MIT engineering and Harvard MB…
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MIT OpenCourseWare
MIT OpenCourseWare (MIT OCW) is the foundational open-educational-resources initiative launched in 2002 by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a substantial pre-MOOC ope…
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Stanford Online
Stanford Online is Stanford University's online-learning platform, encompassing the substantial Stanford-online-content distribution across multiple platforms including Stanford's …
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Udacity
Udacity is one of the foundational major-MOOC platforms, founded in 2011 by Sebastian Thrun (Stanford University CS adjunct professor, formerly of Google X where he led the substan…
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Udemy
Udemy is one of the world's largest online-learning platforms by course-volume, founded in 2010 by Eren Bali (Turkish-American entrepreneur), Oktay Caglar, and Gagan Biyani, focuse…
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edX
edX is one of the world's major MOOC platforms, founded in 2012 jointly by Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) as a non-profit alternative to commerc…
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Business Schools Online 7 entries
Harvard Online / HBX
Harvard Online (formerly HBX or Harvard Business School Online) is Harvard University's online-learning platform, founded in 2014 as Harvard Business School Online with substantial…
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INSEAD Online
Fontainebleau-based INSEAD business school online certificates and programmes. Strategy in the Age of Digital Disruption, Leading Digital Transformation, AI Strategy, Financial Acc…
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MIT Sloan Executive
MIT Sloan School of Management executive-education arm. Online certificate programmes in Strategy and Innovation, Digital Business Strategy, AI in Business Strategy, Data Analytics…
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Udemy Business
Enterprise tier of Udemy launched 2016, renamed from Udemy for Business 2021. 14K+ curated courses from 22K+ Udemy catalogue, used by 15K+ enterprise customers including Volkswagen…
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Wharton Online
University of Pennsylvania Wharton School online education. Wharton Business Foundations (4-course Specialization on Coursera), Wharton Executive Education online programmes, Arest…
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Kellogg Executive Online
Northwestern's Kellogg School of Management online programmes via Kellogg Executive Education. Emphasis on leadership and marketing strengths, Product Strategy, Driving Team Perfor…
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LBS Online
London Business School's online executive education catalogue. Emerging Leaders Programme, Senior Executive Programme, Women in Business Initiative, Financial Analysis Online, Stra…
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Coding & Data 10 entries
CS50 (Harvard)
CS50 is Harvard University's flagship introductory computer-science course taught by David J. Malan, originally launched as a Harvard undergraduate course in 2007 with the substant…
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DeepLearning.AI
DeepLearning.AI is an AI-and-machine-learning-focused online education company founded in 2017 by Andrew Ng (Stanford University adjunct professor, formerly of Google Brain and Bai…
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LeetCode
LeetCode is the world's most-used coding-interview practice platform, founded in 2015 by Winston Tang and a small Chinese-American engineering team, focused on providing comprehens…
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freeCodeCamp
freeCodeCamp is a non-profit web-development-and-coding education platform founded in 2014 by Quincy Larson, focused on providing free comprehensive coding education with substanti…
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Codecademy
Interactive coding platform founded 2011 by Zach Sims and Ryan Bubinski at Columbia. 50M+ learners, browser-based IDE, 14+ programming languages covered, career paths, skill paths,…
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DataCamp
Data-science MOOC founded 2013 by Jonathan Cornelissen in Leuven, Belgium. Python, R, SQL, Tableau, Power BI career tracks. Interactive browser-based coding exercises, skill assess…
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HackerRank
Coding-challenge + technical-assessment platform founded 2009 by Vivek Ravisankar and Hari Karunanidhi. 21M+ developers registered, 2K+ problems, HackerRank for Work used by 3,000+…
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Kaggle Learn
Free micro-courses from Kaggle (Google-owned data-science community since 2017). 15+ courses including Intro to Machine Learning, Pandas, Feature Engineering, Deep Learning, Comput…
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fast.ai
Practical-first deep-learning MOOC founded 2016 by Jeremy Howard (ex-Kaggle) and Rachel Thomas. Top-down teaching approach (code first, theory later), Practical Deep Learning for C…
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The Odin Project
Free open-source full-stack web-development curriculum launched 2013 by Erik Trautman. Ruby on Rails and JavaScript paths, project-based learning, GitHub-portfolio emphasis, strong…
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Design & Creative 7 entries
Interaction Design Foundation
UX/UI education non-profit founded 2002 in Copenhagen by Mads Soegaard. 98K+ members, 40+ courses in UX, UI, usability, HCI, service design. Open textbooks, UX community of 100K+ d…
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CalArts (Coursera)
California Institute of the Arts graphic design + UI/UX offerings on Coursera. Graphic Design Specialization (5 courses), UI/UX Design Specialization (4 courses), Character Design …
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CreativeLive Design
CreativeLive's design track launched 2010 with Chase Jarvis focus. Photography heritage, expanded to design, branding, illustration, typography, UX/UI. Workshop-format content, ren…
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Design+Code
Meng To's design-for-developers hybrid platform since 2014. Design with Figma + SwiftUI + React + Framer tutorials, bridges designer-developer workflow, iOS and web-native prototyp…
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Domestika Design Courses
Domestika's graphic design + illustration vertical — the largest category in its Spanish-speaking catalogue. 1K+ courses in illustration, graphic design, 3D and animation, typogr…
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RISD Continuing Education
Rhode Island School of Design's Continuing Education and Summer programmes online portfolio. Pre-college online courses, Summer Academies, Certificate Programs in Natural Science I…
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Skillshare Design Track
Skillshare's design vertical — the largest pillar of its content library. 8K+ design classes across graphic design, illustration, UI/UX, typography, branding, motion design, anim…
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Major Global Platforms 8 entries
Domestika
Spanish-origin creative platform (Madrid HQ) founded 2002 as community, re-launched as MOOC 2014. 1K+ courses with professional production values, Spanish/Portuguese/English/Japane…
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FutureLearn
UK-based MOOC founded 2012 by Open University, partner universities include Monash, Deakin, BSAC, King's College London. 18M+ learners, ExpertTrack programmes, Microcredentials wit…
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LinkedIn Learning
Professional development platform (formerly Lynda.com, acquired by LinkedIn 2015 for $1.5B). 21K+ courses in business, creative, technology, personal skills. LinkedIn Premium integ…
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MasterClass
Celebrity-instructor platform founded 2015 by David Rogier, HQ San Francisco. 200+ classes from Gordon Ramsay, Serena Williams, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Aaron Sorkin, Margaret Atwood. …
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Pluralsight
Tech-focused platform founded 2004 by Aaron Skonnard; IPO 2018, taken private by Vista Equity 2021 for $3.5B. 7,500+ expert-authored tech courses, skill assessments with IQ scoring…
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Skillshare
Creative-skills MOOC founded 2010; acquired by Unity/Blackstone strategy 2023. 13M+ learners, 35K+ classes heavy on design, illustration, photography, writing, film, creative freel…
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CreativeLive
Creative-education platform founded 2010 (Seattle) by Chase Jarvis. Focus on photography, design, entrepreneurship, music, craft. Live-streamed workshops with Q&A then recorded. Ac…
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Open Yale Courses
Yale University free-access initiative launched 2007. 45+ introductory undergraduate courses including Shelly Kagan's Death, Paul Bloom's Introduction to Psychology, Robert Shiller…
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Health & Medicine 7 entries
Coursera Health Vertical
Coursera's dedicated health-and-medicine category. Duke epidemiology Science of Safety, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg COVID-19 response, Yale Science of Well-Being (most-popular Yale cou…
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Stanford Medicine Online
Stanford Medicine's online education portal. Stanford Online CME (Continuing Medical Education), Stanford Center for Health Education free MOOCs including "Stanford Introduction to…
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UpToDate Anywhere
Clinical decision-support + CME platform from Wolters Kluwer, founded 1992 by Burton "Bud" Rose. 12K+ topics authored by 7K+ expert contributors, evidence-based recommendations, CM…
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AMA Ed Hub
American Medical Association's Ed Hub launched 2018, consolidates AMA CME (JAMA Network + STEPS Forward + AMA Journal of Ethics + Business of Medicine + Leadership). ACCME-accredit…
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JAMA Network Learning
American Medical Association's JAMA Network Learning platform for continuing medical education. JAMA CME modules tied to journal articles for physician CME credit, Clinical Reviews…
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Medscape Education
Medscape (WebMD Professional Network) CME and CE platform. Free CME modules for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, 2K+ activities annually, accredited for ACCME, ANCC, ACPE…
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edX Health & Medicine
edX medicine and health vertical. Harvard Chan School of Public Health multiple MicroMasters, MIT Health Education, Boston Children's Pediatric Essentials, WashingtonX Public Healt…
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India MOOC & Test Prep 7 entries
NPTEL (IIT-IISc)
NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning) is the foundational Indian engineering-and-science online education programme operating since 2003, jointly administered …
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SWAYAM (MoE India)
SWAYAM (Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds) is the principal Indian government MOOC platform, launched in 2017 by the Ministry of Education India (then Ministry…
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Physics Wallah
India unicorn founded 2016 by Alakh Pandey via YouTube, formal app 2020. Low-cost JEE/NEET prep (₹999-4K range vs competitors ₹50K+), 10M+ paid subscribers, $1.1B unicorn statu…
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Unacademy
India test-prep MOOC founded 2015 by Gaurav Munjal. Dominant UPSC (civil services), JEE, NEET, CA, SSC prep platform. 60M+ registered users, 50K+ educators, live classes + recorded…
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UpGrad
India ed-tech unicorn founded 2015 by Ronnie Screwvala, HQ Mumbai. 3M+ learners, partnerships with IIIT-Bangalore, Liverpool John Moores, Deakin, Duke CE for online-delivered maste…
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Vedantu
Live-tutoring MOOC founded 2014 by Vamsi Krishna, HQ Bengaluru. K-12 focus with Vedantu Pro and Super subscriptions, JEE/NEET prep, live interactive sessions via WAVE proprietary t…
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e-PG Pathshala
Postgraduate content portal funded by MHRD (UGC), launched 2014. 23K+ text + video modules across 70 PG subjects in humanities, social sciences, arts, mathematics, natural sciences…
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K-12 Learning 7 entries
BYJU'S
India K-12 ed-tech founded 2011 by Byju Raveendran. Peak $22B valuation 2022, 150M+ registered students. Acquired WhiteHat Jr, Aakash Educational Services, Great Learning, Epic!. M…
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Brilliant.org
Interactive STEM learning platform founded 2012 by Sue Khim, HQ San Francisco. Problem-solving-first approach to math, science, computer science. 10M+ learners, courses from Cornel…
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IXL Learning
K-12 practice platform founded 1998 (as Quia by Paul Mishkin), rebranded IXL 2007. 13M+ students, 500K+ schools use Rosetta Stone + ABCMouse + Wyzant + Emmersion + Education.com in…
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Khan Academy Kids
Free educational app for ages 2-8 launched 2018 as spin-off from main Khan Academy. Research-based curriculum from Stanford Graduate School of Education. 30M+ children reached, rea…
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Epic! (Reading)
Children's digital library founded 2013, acquired by BYJU'S 2021 for $500M. 40K+ books, videos, audiobooks for ages 12-and-under, Epic Originals exclusive content, teacher-free-acc…
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Outschool
Live small-group classes for ages 3-18 founded 2015 by Amir Nathoo, HQ San Francisco. 140K+ classes taught live by vetted teachers, interest-based offerings beyond standard curricu…
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Time4Learning
US homeschool curriculum platform founded 2004 by John Edelson, grades PreK-12. Complete online curriculum aligned to state standards, self-paced, ~$20/month. Strong in the US home…
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Language Learning 8 entries
Duolingo
Duolingo is the world's largest language-learning platform by daily active users, founded in 2011 by Luis von Ahn (Carnegie Mellon University CS professor, also the inventor of CAP…
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Babbel
European-focused language-learning founded 2007 in Berlin by Markus Witte and Thomas Holl. Subscription model only (no free tier), 14 target languages, Babbel Live for live-tutor s…
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Busuu
Language-learning with peer-correction community founded 2008 in Madrid by Bernhard Niesner and Adrian Hilti. 120M+ learners, 14 languages, native-speaker peer review for written/s…
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Rosetta Stone
Immersion-method language platform founded 1992 by Allen Stoltzfus. Dynamic Immersion proprietary method, image-word associations without translation, 28 languages, TrueAccent spee…
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italki
Marketplace for one-on-one language tutors founded 2007 by Kevin Chen in Shanghai; relocated Hong Kong 2017. 10M+ learners, 30K+ teachers, 150 languages, pay-per-lesson ($5-$30/hou…
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Lingoda
Live-teacher online language school founded 2013 in Berlin by Fabian Wunderlich. English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Arabic (Arabic added 2024). Small-group or 1-on-1 live c…
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Memrise
Memory-science language app founded 2010 by Princeton neuroscientist Ed Cooke and Greg Detre. 65M+ users, spaced-repetition mnemonics, native-speaker videos, courses in Spanish, Fr…
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Pimsleur
Audio-based language method developed by Dr Paul Pimsleur (1927-1976), now Simon & Schuster subsidiary since 2006. 51 languages, 30-minute daily audio lessons, graduated-interval r…
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Regional Platforms 7 entries
XuetangX 学堂在线
XuetangX (学堂在线) is China's largest MOOC platform by enrolled learners, founded in October 2013 by Tsinghua University with substantial Chinese-government Ministry of Educat…
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Edraak (Arabic)
Arabic-language MOOC platform founded 2014 by Queen Rania Foundation (Jordan). 6M+ learners across MENA, 100+ free Arabic courses, translated flagship edX/Coursera content into Ara…
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Zhihuishu 智慧树
Chinese MOOC platform launched 2013, focus on cross-university-credit-sharing in China. 51M+ learners, shared-credit courses across 2,200+ Chinese universities (a student at Tsingh…
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FUN MOOC (France)
France Université Numérique, French national MOOC platform launched 2013 by French Ministry of Higher Education. 2M+ users, 500+ French-language university courses, partnerships …
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Miríada X
Spanish-language Ibero-American MOOC platform founded 2013 by Telefónica Educación Digital and Universia (Banco Santander). Originally 37+ Universia-network Spanish, Portuguese, …
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atingi (Africa)
Digital-learning platform launched 2019 by German Development Cooperation (BMZ/GIZ) for Africa. Mobile-first, low-bandwidth, offline-capable, Swahili, English, French, Arabic, Port…
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iversity (Europe)
Berlin-based European MOOC platform founded 2011, pivoted to corporate L&D 2020. Legacy public MOOCs covered European higher-education partners, Bologna-Process ECTS-credit alignme…
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