Meta Pixel Lands Udemy, 2U/edX, and Coursera in Privacy Lawsuit Crosshairs Annual Reports uncover class action lawsuits against online course giants. Dhawal Shah Mar 12th, 2024
Coursera’s 2023 Annual Report: Big 5 Domination, Layoffs, Lawsuit, and Patents Coursera sees headcount decrease and faces lawsuit in 2023, invests in proprietary content while relying on Big 5 partners. Dhawal Shah Mar 4th, 2024
Coursera’s 2023: $636M in Revenues, 24M New Learners, Shift Towards Proprietary Content The company saw its strongest growth since 2020, adding 24M new learners for a global total of 142M. Dhawal Shah Feb 5th, 2024
2U/edX Begins New Year with Wave of Layoffs The new layoffs follow a disastrous end of the year, marked by sharp drops in enrollments and stock price. Dhawal Shah Jan 22nd, 2024
Déjà Vu: BloomTech Cuts 50% Staff, Again BloomTech just laid off half their staff, exactly a year after laying off half their staff. Manoel Cortes Mendez Dec 4th, 2023
Open edX Conference 2024: Call for Proposals The 2024 edition will be held in South Africa, at Stellenbosch University. Submit your proposals by Jan 17. Manoel Cortes Mendez Dec 1st, 2023
Black Friday 2023: 40+ Online Learning Deals Black Friday & Cyber Monday sales are live: Deals from Udemy, Coursera, MIT, edX, DataCamp. Manoel Cortes Mendez & Pat Bowden Nov 20th, 2023
2U/edX’s Disastrous Q3: Split with USC, Layoffs, and Pearson’s OPM Portfolio Takeover 2U’s 2023 Q3 results triggered a 50% stock drop. The company is currently valued at below $80 million. Dhawal Shah Nov 14th, 2023
Coursera Consumer Revenues Nearing $100M, Driven by Industry Content Industry content is playing a major role in driving Coursera’s consumer revenue growth, with Google’s content alone estimated to generate $100 million in revenue for the company. Dhawal Shah Oct 31st, 2023
Hack Reactor Shuts Down Part-time Program Popular coding bootcamp shutters program as parent company restructures in an uncertain tech market. Manoel Cortes Mendez & Dhawal Shah Oct 23rd, 2023
Harvard Launches Two New Free Certificate Courses The new courses cover cybersecurity and SQL, and both offer a free certificate of completion. Manoel Cortes Mendez Oct 2nd, 2023
2U/edX Lays Off More Employees as Stock Continues to Decline A year ago, 2U had already laid off staff as it recentered its strategy around edX, which it acquired for $800M. Dhawal Shah Oct 1st, 2023