Business model of Fathom, AllLearn, MIT OCW, Open Yale Course, Carnegie Mellon's OLI, Coursera, Udacity & edX.

1. 1. Fathom , an online learning initiative by Columbia University; 2 & 4, According to <Unlocking the Gates>; 3. AllLearn, an online learning consortium by Oxford, Stanford, Yale and Princeton; 5. MIT open
courseware; 6. Carnegie Mellon’s Open Learning Initiative (OLI); 7. According to website, last production of course as of 2010 but can still view videos online; 8. According to website, 8 FTE and some student
assistants; 9 &10. According to its website as of July 2013, most young professionals/students; 11. Both NEA and KPCB are venture capitals; 12. According to edx website as of July, 2013; 13. According to edx
website as of July, 2013; all of senior positions; 14. five leadership positions, according to its website as of July, 2013; 15. VCs such as Andreessen Horowitz, etc.
Entity Position Duration Charge
student
Partnership Production Team Funding Takeaway
For profit 1999 -
2003
Y 14 universities Decentralized 30 FTEs2 Columbia University Learners are
not ready to
pay for
internet
content
Non profit 2000 -
2006
Y 4 universities
as consortia
Decentralized 22 FTEs4 Oxford, Stanford,
Princeton, Yale
Breath of
content
2001 - now N N/A Easiest for
faculty
22 FTEs5 MIT sourced funds
Survivors
either go for
Breath or
Depth
Depth of
pedagogy
2002 - now N N/A Redesign
every course
N/A Carnegie Mellon
sourced funds
Digital tool 2007 -
20107
N N/A Professional 8 FTEs8 Yale sourced funds
MOOC
for profit
2012 - now N 839 Decentralized 54 FTEs10 Venture Capital11
Who is the
next winner
MOOC
Non profit
2012 - now N 912 Decentralized 913 Harvard, MIT
MOOC
for profit
2012 - now N N/A 1 lecturer + 1
course
developer
514 Venture Capital15
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