Class Central

Class Central
Private
Headquarters Mountain View, California
Key people
 Dhawal Shah (Founder and CEO)
Website www.class-central.com

Class Central is a free online education platform that aggregates open online course from MOOC websites.[1][2] It aggregates courses from providers like Coursera, Udacity, edX, & others that offer courses in a wide range of disciplines to a worldwide student body from universities and companies.[3][4][5][6]

History

Class Central was founded in November 2011 by Dhawal Shah to keep track of free online courses from Stanford.[7][8][9] While doing an AI class from Sebastian Thrun and Peter Norvig, Shah noticed number of free online courses from Stanford popping up and built Class Central to keep track of them.[10] In November 2013, Class Central received seed funding from Imagine K12, an education startup accelerator provides support and funding to tech companies in the education market.[11]

Courses

Class Central is a directory of free online courses and MOOCs in various disciplines.[12] The website lists courses in a variety of areas, including Computer Science, Engineering, Humanities, Mathematics, Medicine, Biology, Social Sciences, Business, Management, Data Science, Education and Teaching.[13][14] As of Jan 2016, Class Central tracks around 4500 free online courses from more than 550 universities worldwide.[15]

Functionality

Class Central aggregates courses from all reputable MOOC providers like Coursera, edX, Udacity, and others.[16] The website allows individuals to search through these courses and provides crowdsourced reviews.[17] Users can sign up and build their catalogue of courses.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Meet the founders - An interview with Dhawal Shah". The Good MOOC. 22 July 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Ellen Wexler (19 October 2015). "MOOCs Are Still Rising, at Least in Numbers". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  3. ↑ Dhawal Shah. "MOOCs in 2015: Breaking Down the Numbers". EdSurge. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "How Coursera Cracked The Chinese Market". Techcrunch. 21 August 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  5. ↑ Josh Bersin (5 January 2016). "Use Of MOOCs And Online Education Is Exploding: Here's Why". Forbes. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  6. ↑ John F. Wasik (17 March 2014). "What Color Is Your Online Adult Course?". New York TImes. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  7. ↑ Dhawal Shah (26 December 2014). "MOOCs in 2014: Breaking Down the Numbers". EdSurge Inc. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  8. ↑ "MOOCs in 2013: Breaking Down the Numbers". Edsurge. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  9. ↑ "Moocs aim to keep engaged students coming back for more". Ft.com. 21 June 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  10. ↑ Shah, Dhawal (29 January 2014). Bringing class-rooms to your desktop, An interview with Dhawal Shah, Founder, ClassCentral. (Interview). Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  11. ↑ "Class Central - CruchBase". Retrieved 21 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "Meet the founders - An interview with Dhawal Shah". 22 July 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  13. ↑ Chris Parr (9 October 2014). "A Mooc that is a ‘replica of the campus version’". Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  14. ↑ John A. Byrne (27 August 2015). "The best free online business courses starting in September". Business Insider. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  15. ↑ Mary Ellen McIntire (16 June 2015). "Students in Free Courses Study, but Not as Much as Most Students Do". The Chronicle of Higher Education. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  16. ↑ "How Does Coursera Make Money?". Edsurge. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  17. ↑ "MOOCs in 2014: Breaking Down the Numbers". Edsurge. 26 December 2014. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  18. ↑ "Class Central’s Best Online Courses of 2015". Retrieved 15 February 2016.
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