<s>
edX	B-Application
is	O
an	O
American	O
massive	O
open	O
online	O
course	O
(	O
MOOC	O
)	O
provider	O
created	O
by	O
Harvard	O
and	O
MIT	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
edX	B-Application
runs	O
on	O
the	O
free	O
Open	B-Application
edX	I-Application
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2U	O
is	O
the	O
parent	O
company	O
,	O
with	O
edX	B-Application
operating	O
as	O
its	O
global	O
online	O
learning	O
platform	O
and	O
primary	O
brand	O
for	O
products	O
and	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
edX	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
May	O
2012	O
by	O
scientists	O
from	O
MIT	O
and	O
Harvard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gerry	O
Sussman	O
,	O
Anant	O
Agarwal	O
,	O
Chris	O
Terman	O
,	O
and	O
Piotr	O
Mitros	O
taught	O
the	O
first	O
edX	B-Application
course	O
on	O
circuits	O
and	O
electronics	O
from	O
MIT	O
,	O
drawing	O
155,000	O
students	O
from	O
162	O
countries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
edx.org	O
released	O
as	O
open	O
source	O
,	O
creating	O
Open	B-Application
edX	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2014	O
edX	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
high	O
school	O
initiative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2014	O
edX	B-Application
announced	O
Professional	O
Education	O
courses	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
March	O
2015	O
it	O
partnered	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2015	O
,	O
edX	B-Application
partnered	O
with	O
Arizona	O
State	O
University	O
to	O
launch	O
the	O
Global	O
Freshman	O
Academy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2016	O
,	O
edX	B-Application
launched	O
19	O
MicroMasters	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2017	O
,	O
edX	B-Application
launched	O
an	O
additional	O
16	O
MicroMasters	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2018	O
,	O
edX	B-Application
partnered	O
with	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
General	O
Electric	O
to	O
provide	O
subsidized	O
online	O
courses	O
and	O
guaranteed	O
job	O
interviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
9	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Tech	O
Mahindra	O
partnered	O
with	O
edX	B-Application
to	O
re-skill	O
workforce	O
on	O
new	O
tech	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
October	O
10	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
edX	B-Application
introduced	O
nine	O
Master	O
's	O
degrees	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
January	O
10	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
edX	B-Application
launched	O
two	O
MicroBachelors	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
29	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
edX	B-Application
and	O
2U	O
announced	O
they	O
had	O
entered	O
into	O
a	O
definitive	O
agreement	O
to	O
join	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2U	O
would	O
acquire	O
edX	B-Application
's	O
assets	O
for	O
$800M	O
in	O
cash	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
16	O
,	O
2021	O
,	O
2U	O
completed	O
its	O
previously	O
announced	O
acquisition	O
of	O
the	O
edX	B-Application
business	O
and	O
website	O
from	O
the	O
nonprofit	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
edX	B-Application
courses	O
consist	O
of	O
weekly	O
learning	O
sequences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
in	O
edX	B-Application
's	O
first	O
MOOC	O
—	O
a	O
circuits	O
and	O
electronics	O
course	O
—	O
students	O
built	O
virtual	O
circuits	O
in	O
an	O
online	O
lab	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
edX	B-Application
offers	O
certificates	O
of	O
successful	O
completion	O
and	O
some	O
courses	O
are	O
credit-eligible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
edX	B-Application
offers	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
ways	O
to	O
take	O
courses	O
,	O
including	O
verified	O
courses	O
where	O
students	O
have	O
the	O
option	O
to	O
audit	O
the	O
course	O
(	O
no	O
cost	O
)	O
or	O
to	O
work	O
toward	O
an	O
edX	B-Application
Verified	O
Certificate	O
(	O
fees	O
vary	O
by	O
course	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
edX	B-Application
also	O
offers	O
XSeries	O
Certificates	O
for	O
completion	O
of	O
a	O
bundled	O
set	O
of	O
two	O
to	O
seven	O
verified	O
courses	O
in	O
a	O
single	O
subject	O
(	O
cost	O
varies	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
courses	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
than	O
150	O
schools	O
,	O
nonprofit	O
organizations	O
,	O
and	O
corporations	O
offer	O
or	O
plan	O
to	O
offer	O
courses	O
on	O
the	O
edX	B-Application
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
educational	O
offerings	O
,	O
edX	B-Application
is	O
used	O
for	O
research	O
into	O
learning	O
and	O
distance	O
education	O
by	O
collecting	O
learners	O
 '	O
clicks	O
and	O
analyzing	O
the	O
data	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
collecting	O
demographics	O
from	O
each	O
registrant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EdX	B-Application
member	O
schools	O
and	O
organizations	O
also	O
conduct	O
their	O
own	O
research	O
using	O
data	O
collected	O
from	O
their	O
courses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
edX	B-Application
has	O
engaged	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
partnerships	O
with	O
educational	O
institutions	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
China	O
,	O
Mongolia	O
,	O
Japan	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
to	O
use	O
edX	B-Application
courses	O
in	O
"	O
blended	O
classrooms	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
San	O
Jose	O
State	O
University	O
(	O
SJSU	O
)	O
partnered	O
with	O
edX	B-Application
to	O
offer	O
6.00xL	O
Introduction	O
to	O
Computer	O
Science	O
and	O
Programming	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
blended	O
course	O
at	O
SJSU	O
and	O
released	O
an	O
initial	O
report	O
on	O
the	O
project	O
in	O
February	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
percentage	O
of	O
students	O
required	O
to	O
retake	O
the	O
course	O
dropped	O
from	O
41%	O
under	O
the	O
traditional	O
format	O
to	O
9%	O
for	O
those	O
taking	O
the	O
edX	B-Application
blended	O
course	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
colleges	O
incorporated	O
an	O
MIT-developed	O
Python	B-Language
programming	I-Language
course	O
on	O
edX	B-Application
into	O
their	O
campus-based	O
courses	O
,	O
and	O
reported	O
positive	O
results	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-Application
edX	I-Application
platform	O
is	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
platform	I-Application
software	O
developed	O
by	O
edX	B-Application
and	O
made	O
freely	O
available	O
to	O
other	O
institutions	O
of	O
higher	O
learning	O
that	O
want	O
to	O
make	O
similar	O
offerings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
1	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
edX	B-Application
open	O
sourced	O
its	O
entire	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
source	O
code	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Piotr	O
Mitros	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
research	O
project	O
at	O
MIT	O
,	O
with	O
maintenance	O
transferred	O
to	O
edX	B-Application
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Open	B-Application
edX	I-Application
server-side	O
software	O
is	O
almost	O
entirely	O
based	O
on	O
"	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
with	O
Django	B-Language
as	O
the	O
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
framework	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
edX	B-Application
is	O
led	O
by	O
2U	O
CEO	O
,	O
Christopher	O
"	O
Chip	O
"	O
J	O
.	O
Paucek	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
edX	B-Application
Founder	O
and	O
former	O
CEO	O
Anant	O
Agarwal	O
currently	O
serves	O
as	O
Chief	O
Open	O
Education	O
Officer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2013	O
,	O
several	O
countries	O
and	O
private	O
entities	O
announced	O
their	O
adoption	O
of	O
the	O
edX	B-Application
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
platform	I-Application
to	O
launch	O
new	O
initiatives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
120	O
higher	O
education	O
institutions	O
in	O
France	O
joined	O
under	O
the	O
direction	O
of	O
the	O
French	O
Ministry	O
of	O
Education	O
to	O
offer	O
online	O
courses	O
throughout	O
France	O
,	O
the	O
Queen	O
Rania	O
Foundation	O
for	O
Education	O
and	O
Development	O
(	O
QRF	O
)	O
created	O
Edraak	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
MOOC	O
portal	O
for	O
the	O
Arab	O
world	O
,	O
the	O
International	O
Monetary	O
Fund	O
is	O
using	O
the	O
edX	B-Application
platform	O
to	O
pilot	O
online	O
training	O
courses	O
in	O
economics	O
and	O
finance	O
,	O
and	O
Tenaris	O
corporation	O
is	O
using	O
the	O
platform	O
to	O
expand	O
its	O
corporate	O
training	O
and	O
education	O
for	O
its	O
employees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
March	O
2021	O
,	O
edX	B-Application
has	O
more	O
than	O
150	O
partners	O
,	O
including	O
universities	O
,	O
for-profit	O
organizations	O
and	O
NGOs	O
.	O
</s>
