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		insane_dreamer on Aug 27, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Triple Failure of 2U, EdX, and Axim if the original eDx can take the $800M and make a new open and free ed content platform (like the original idea of MOOCs before vultures like 2U starting trying to monetize it), then I'd say its a win for Harvard and MIT. 2U going bankrupt may also be a win.

kapitanjakc on Aug 27, 2024 [–]

Open edX is available.

Although it's just a platform, you'd need to create your own courses.

insane_dreamer on Aug 27, 2024 | [–]

Yeah, they'd have to use the $800M to repopulate it with content.

DanielVZ on Aug 27, 2024 | | [–]

There is a ton of content in multiple platforms powered by Open edX. Huge initiatives and universities around the world are using it.

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