Comparison Of (Coursera - Udemy - Udacity - edX)

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Comparison of the most popular
open learning platforms
Coursera - Udemy - Udacity - edX
King Abdulaziz University
Readings on Education in English
EDUC-602
Presenting
Yahya Arar Hamoud
Supervision
Dr. Abdulellah Alsulaimani

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What is a MOOC ?
Quick overview of platforms
Comparison criteria
Comparisons of open
platforms
References
Benefits of MOOCs
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Providers of MOOCs

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What is a MOOC ?
A MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) is an online educational environment
that allows a large number of students from anywhere in the world to follow
online courses in any field of study.

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This idea of online learning empower the students with a great responsibility of self-
preparation and also the selection of what best fits for his progress.
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Following
your own schedule
Encourage
collaboration
use social
network
Learn
in any location
in the world
learn at
your own
pace
Benefits of MOOCs

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Providers of MOOCs
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Is a reference to many of the free courses offered
online.
There are free courses from international universities
and others from different locations.
FOUNDERSMEMBERSFOUNDED
Daphne Koller
Andrew Ng
25 MIL2012
https://www. coursera.org

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A professional website that contains courses provided
by specialists in many fields.
It combines specialists and learners.
Also it provides courses, some of which are free and
some are paid for.
FOUNDERSMEMBERSFOUNDED
Eren Bali
Oktay Caglar
Gagan Biyani
27 MIL2010
https://www.udemy.com

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Is an Interactive website that contain different courses in a lot
of fields, especially in explaining the basics for beginners in a
simple, easy and practical way.
There are many fields such as statistics science and physics,
but computer science is the most common such as
programming, designing and others.
FOUNDERSMEMBERSFOUNDED
Sebastian Thrun
David Stavens
Mike Sokolsky
27 MIL2012
https://www.udacity.com

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Provides high-quality courses which are presented at popular
universities such as Harvard University and other universities.
There are usually dates for these courses and the site
periodically displays the dates and details of future courses.
FOUNDERSMEMBERSFOUNDED
Anant Agarwal14 MIL2012
https://www.edX.org

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business model
course experience platform’s popularity
Comparison Criteria

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Criteria Coursera Udemy Udacity Edx
Organization
Type
for-profit for-profit for-profit non-profit
Partnerships
Universities,
Organizations
individual instructors,
marketing affiliates
corporations
universities
schools, universities,
non-profit organizations,
corporations
Free Courses    
Paid Courses    
Completion
certificates
paid verified
certificates
depends on
the course
only for paid
courses
paid verified
certificates
Comparison Of MOOC Platforms
Based On Business Model Criteria

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Criteria Coursera Udemy Udacity Edx
Course catalog
catalog
1872 +40000 131 913
Self-paced
courses    
Scheduled
courses  × × 
Course
materials
video, text,
transcripts
video, Power Point,
text, zip
video, text,
external links
video, text,
online textbooks
Comparison Of MOOC Platforms
Based On Course Experience

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Criteria Coursera Udemy Udacity Edx
Discussion
forum    
Mobile apps
(Android, iOS)    
Foreign
languages
courses in foreign
languages,
subtitles
courses in foreign
languages,
subtitles
subtitles
courses in foreign
languages,
subtitles
Assessment
methods
quiz,
uploaded assignment,
peer review,
projects
quiz,
coding exercises
quiz,
coding exercises,
projects
quiz,
uploaded assignment,
peer review,
projects
Comparison Of MOOC Platforms
Based On Course Experience

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Criteria Coursera Udemy Udacity Edx
Android app
rating
4.3/5 4.4/5 4.2/5 4.3/5
iOS app
rating
4.5/5 4.5/5 4.5/5 2.5/5
Global Rank 592 593 2739 1701
Total Visits 39.2 mil 44.2 mil 8.8 mil 18.3 mil
Comparison Of MOOC Platforms
Based On platform’s popularity

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1. A Comparative Analysis of MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) 2016
2. Comparing MOOC -Based Platforms 2015
3. MOOCs and Open Education 2013
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REFRERENCES

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