OpenLearning

OpenLearning
Type of site
 Proprietary Limited Company
Online education
Headquarters Sydney, Australia
Key people
  • Adam Brimo
  • Richard Buckland
  • David Collien
  • Brooke Hahn
Slogan(s) Experience Online Learning. The Social Way :)
Website openlearning.com
Commercial Yes
Registration Required
Users 505,885 (August 2016)[1]
Launched 12 March 2013 (2013-03-12)
Current status Active

OpenLearning is a for-profit educational technology institution based in Australia that offers a social online learning platform that can deliver massive open online courses (MOOCs).

OpenLearning has worked with the University of New South Wales and Taylor's University to deliver the first MOOCs in Australia and Malaysia respectively.[2]

In December 2013, OpenLearning launched a cloud based software product for companies to create private educational portals on its platform.[3]

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.[4]

In June 2015, the Australian Federal Government announced it would be getting its first MOOC delivered by Open Learning. [5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "OpenLearning". OpenLearning. 2016-08-20. Retrieved 2016-08-20.
  2. ↑ Al-Atabi, Mushtak. "Entrepreneurship: The First MOOC in Malaysia" (PDF). MIT.edu. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  3. ↑ Dodd, Tim. "OpenLearning eyes corporate training". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Fitzsimmons, Caitlin (5 February 2015). "Angel investor Clive Mayhew leads $1.7m round in OpenLearning". BRW. Fairfax Media Publications. Retrieved 16 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Herald Sun". Retrieved 1 December 2015.


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