Khan Academy is an educational non-profit organization that provides students from all over the world with free access to educational materials and resources. Khan Academy creates educational material covering a broad range of school subjects; these materials are made available in five different languages. The non-profit was launched in 2006 and has produced 20,000 educational videos.
Alternatives to Khan Academy
Coursera
Company: Coursera, Inc. | Founder: Daphne Koller, Andrew Ng | CEO: Jeff Maggioncalda | Since: 2012
Coursera is an education platform offering online courses from the top universities and organizations in the world. Subjects offered in the Coursera platform include biology, engineering, mathematics, computer science, arts, business, and many others. Courses are imparted via online lectures…
Udemy
Company: Udemy, Inc. | Founder: Gagan Biyani, Oktay Caglar, Eren Bali | CEO: Kevin Johnson | Since: 2010
Udemy is an online marketplace for teaching and learning. Udemy’s platform gives experts of any kind the tools to create a course, promote it and earn money through student tuitions. While students can access a broad array of courses aimed…
Edx
Company: edX | Founder: Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University | CEO: Anant Agarwal | Since: 2012
edX offers online courses online. Created by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University in 2012, edX is a non-profit organization and subscription is free. When courses are completed, students can earn certificates and can apply for credits…
Course Hero
Company: Course Hero | Founder: Andrew Grauer, Gregor Carrigan | CEO: Andrew Grauer | Since: 2006
Course Hero is an online educational platform where shared resources are crowdsourced. Sign-up can be for free if the user shares personal study materials. Otherwise, for a fee, users can view or download study materials, ask help from online tutors,…
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